In 'The Ruy Lopez: A Guide for Black' we argue that in the Ruy Lopez you quite early should take on the mainlines as the sidelines are easier to handle when you understand what's going on in the critical mainlines. In his preface to 'The Ruy Lopez Revisited', Sokolov quite convincingly argues for the opposite view. Ideas for White: 1. Look for opportunities to capture safely on e5, especially if Black's foolish enough to play d5. Don't play Nb1-c3 before d2-d4.

1. Ruy Lopez Theory Pdf File

I published a back in 2008, but there have been a number of developments since, so it seemed time to post a supplement. I think we are poised to see a revival in this interesting opening, which begins 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4!?

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Ruy Lopez 3. The essential move marking the Ruy Lopez, or Spanish Game. 'It is the double king's pawn opening most commonly used in master play; it has been adopted by almost all players at some point in their careers and many play it from both the white and black sides.'

While theory's view of the Bird now treats 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 as the 'main line,' I think the biggest development from the Black perspective is the renewed interest in older ideas, especially 5.h5, 5.g6, and 5.c6 followed by 6.Nf6 - the last of which does quite well in practice and was well-analyzed by Jonathan Tait (2005), as mentioned in my first. As always, I welcome reader suggestions and additions.Bibliography SupplementTim Harding (December 2012).

Kibitzer #199 at ChessCafe. Offers a very nice survey of the opening as seen mostly through the author's recent correspondence games.

Discusses 5.Bc5 but mostly focusing on older ideas, such as 5.h5, 5.g6, and 5.c6 followed by Nf6. I especially like the idea of 5.c6 6.Bc4 g6!? A useful addition to theory and a great place to start if you are looking for an overview.Sam Shankland (June 2012). The author offers his own repertoire vs. The Bird's Defense, focused around 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 (other moves are also treated) 6.b4!

Which is a sharp gambit, used effectively by Naiditsch, which Shankland thinks must be accepted. (including both PDF and PGN) direct from the Chess Informant Store for $6.59.Mihail Marin (February 2012).

'Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense.' Superb coverage of 5.Bc5 lines, offering a complete repertoire against the Ruy Lopez.

Sure black's a6-b5 come with tempo, but let's say at a very basic level, if you just compare pieces, structure and development progress, you can see that white is:. Ready to castle whereas black hasn't yet developed either kingside pieces, so at least 2 tempi away from castling. This translates into white having a safer king 1-2 tempi earlier, which means white has the upper-hand in launching some sort of attack or push.

White has developed two minor pieces that stand quite well: Knight on f3 attacks e5 and has the potential to coordinate on f7 with the bishop on b3 already eyeing black's kingside. In contrast, black has only developed a knight, one that stands defensively on c6 covering e5.

Besides the e4 pawn, white has nearly kept all pawn advancement options still on the table (therefore, can opt for various pawn structures still), whereas black has made 2 additional commitments that cannot be undone, which can on the one hand, prove to have been self-inducing weaknesses, and on the other hand, be hooks (targets) for white's pawn advancements on the queenside, e.g. An a4 push, to which black has to react immediately.These ways of reasoning can be adopted to conceptually assess nearly any opening you see, at least at a basic level.The point on pawn commitments cannot be emphasized enough, they're the most committal moves in the game (trades come close but at least in principle a piece can be brought back to life with a promotion, but pawns cannot!:P ). Even at the highest level, for instance take a look at any of Caruana's openings in the match so far, where roughly speaking, he intentionally favours lines where he can delay unnecessary pawn moves and keep most of his options open. Examples:Game 2: title 'Game 2, move 13, only 3 central pawns moved, compare to white!' fen 'r1br2k1/pp3ppp/2n1p3/q1bp4/2P2B2/P1P1PN2/2Q1BPPP/3R1RK1 b -0 13'Game 4: title 'Game 4, move 13, only 2 central pawns moved, compare to white!' fen 'r1bqr1k1/ppp2ppp/3b4/4p3/1P6/2BP1BP1/P3PP1P/1R1Q1RK1 b -0 13'game 6: title 'Game 6, move 13, only 2 central pawns moved, compare to white!'

fen 'r1b1kb1r/pppn1ppp/3pn3/3N4/3P4/N1P2P2/PP4PP/R1B1KB1R b KQkq - 0 13'game 8: title 'Game 8, move 16, only 3 pawns moved, compare to black!' fen '1rbq1rk1/1p2b1pp/pN1p4/P2Pnp2/4p3/8/1PPBBPPP/R2Q1RK1 w -4 17'Anyhow I think the idea is clear now!

Ruy Lopez Theory Pdf File

It's important to add that in all these examples, the simple fact of having moved less pawns doesn't directly or necessarily translate into having a better position, chess is never that simple or linear. Partly, specially in this examples, it is a case of style and preference (and thus the adopted openings), but on the other hand it shows you the importance of diversity in pawn structures that can still be opted for as they translate into having more choices, abundantly clear even at the highest level.I hope these ideas have shown you why the Ruy Lopez is such a liked opening, which I have only tackled from the white side in this post, and clearly, black's side has its own merits in the Ruy Lopez compared to alternative options that are available for black against 1.

E4, but that's a discussion for another time. @Leg 'Why not Italian or Scotch', there is no real answer, all of these are perfectly playable but different approaches. That said, it may help to think in terms of the basic differences of these openings w.r.t. The Ruy Lopez: in the Scotch early trades are abound, e.g., the f3 knight and d pawn for white and the c6 knight and e pawn for black.

In the Italian, Bc4 changes completely the dynamics already as it doesn't challenge the defender of the e5 pawn at all, in contrast to Bb5. So you see the emerging structures are of a completely different nature and at the end it's a matter of style.–Nov 20 '18 at 20:35. Note that while black gains space on the queenside, the advanced pawns offer white some opportunities later on to undermine black's pawns with a timely a4-push. Moreover, the queenside expansion doesn't develop a piece, nor does it help black to contest the center of the board. Further, white's bishop is quite a happy camper on b3, being less exposed than it would be on c4 while at the same time being basically just as influential as it would be on c4. So while white has spent 3 tempi to get the bishop to b3, black has spent 2 tempi on a queenside pawn expansion that doesn't develop a piece.In essence, white gets to develop a piece to a very good square, while black gets to expand on the queenside, which doesn't really aid in development very much and has a potential of weakening black's position in the future.

So the expansion is not without drawbacks for black. But white's bishop now has no way of defending the pawn on e4 when black inevitably attacks it (unless white gives up yet another tempo to advance the c2 pawn), and the danger of white moving on a4 is largely negated if black plays 5.a5 (following which 6. A4 is easily countered by 6.b4, and now white's pawn on a4 is locked in place and essentially useless, white's rook on a1 and knight on b1 are also essentially immobilised, and the rest of white's queenside is severely limited in its options, whereas black has an unrestricted queenside and multiple ways for attacking into the centre.–Nov 21 '18 at 17:28. And if white doesn't play 6. A4 in response to 5.a5, then black forces white's bishop off b3 with 6.a4. If white played 6.

C3 (or, less optimally, 6. A3, which sticks the bishop in the corner and blocks in white's rook, or 6. C4, which, after 6.a4, either gives up the c-pawn for nothing with 7. Bc2 bxc4, or else sends the queen dashing into enemy fire with 7. Qxc6+ Bd7), then fine, but if he played 6.

Anything else, then white either loses the bishop to 7.axb3, or else exchanges it for one of black's knights after 7. Bd5 Nf6.–Nov 21 '18 at 22:19. @Sean Black does not want to play.a5 early on in the Ruy Lopez since it wastes time and is committal; development is more important than unneccessary pawn moves on the flank.

Meanwhile, white really wants to play c3 in the Ruy Lopez since it strengthens white's central control and prepares to free up the queenside for white. Therefore white will be dancing in joy if black is cooperative enough to waste time with.a5 in order to 'force' white to make the move c3 that white is already going to play either way.–Nov 22 '18 at 0:16. What has Black gained by a6 and b5?. He is no more developed than he was before those moves. Primarily he has removed BxN options from White.What has White gained from a6 and b5?. The advanced pawns are often targets for White.

White's Bishop is now on a nice diagonal and doesn't have to worryabout d7-d5 moves hitting it as in some lines of the Two-Knights orBishops Opening (2.Bc4 and 3.Bc4 lines)So in general your assertion that Black is gaining tempos and counter-play are completely misguided.