{"id":18,"date":"2021-01-06T07:01:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T07:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/?p=18"},"modified":"2021-01-12T00:09:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T00:09:53","slug":"how-to-play-the-ruy-lopez-opening-in-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/?p=18","title":{"rendered":"How to Play The Ruy Lopez Opening In Chess"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Ruy Lopez<\/strong> is a very popular chess opening played at the highest levels of chess. It also called <strong>the Spanish Opening<\/strong> or Spanish Game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ruy Lopez is named after 16th-century Spanish priest Ruy L\u00f3pez de Segura. Due to the difficulty for Black in achieving equality, a common nickname for the opening is &#8220;The Spanish Torture&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It starts with the following moves:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>e4 e5<\/li><li>Nf3 Nc6<\/li><li>Bb5<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chess Openings: Ruy Lopez\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/41rPFNY_CAY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ruy Lopez is divided opening into two major categories based off Black&#8217;s third move:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nf6 : the Berlin Defense<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Berlin Defense, Black moves the Knight to f6 to threaten the e-pawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">a6 : the Morphy Defense<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the Morphy Defense, there are three main variations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[+] The Exchange variation<\/strong><br>In the Exchange variation, White exchanges his Bishop for Black&#8217;s Knight which doubles White&#8217;s pawns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[+] The Arkhangelsk variation<\/strong><br>In the Arkhangelsk, Black&#8217;s idea is to use his fianchettoed bishop&#8217;s influence in the center and kingside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[+] The Closed Defense<\/strong><br>The closed defense is the main line of the ruy lopez. In the closed Defense, Black develops his Bishop to the e7-square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ruy Lopez is the cornerstone of classical play in chess. It is sometimes considered a slow and boring opening but the better player should usually come out with the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are not as many tricks or surprises in the Ruy Lopez and <strong>is recommended against any opponent that you know you have a distinct advantage<\/strong> in skill level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ruy Lopez - Ideas, Principles and Common Variations \u23b8Chess Openings\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GFWI3gkizZg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ruy Lopez is a very popular chess opening played at the highest levels of chess. It also called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game. The Ruy Lopez is named after 16th-century Spanish priest Ruy L\u00f3pez de Segura. Due to the difficulty for Black in achieving equality, a common nickname for the opening is &#8220;The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opening-moves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/23"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}