It leads to very complex and multifaceted play.Since Black has a hard time getting an advantage in this opening, some people refer to it as the "Spanish Torture." The starting position of the Ruy Lopez.Īlthough the Ruy Lopez is a flexible opening that can lead to tactical skirmishes, games usually develop into a long struggle for the center that spreads to an attack on the flanks. White fights for the control of the central d4 and e5-squares and indirectly threatens the black e5-pawn by attacking its only defender. The critical idea behind 3.Bb5, however, is to attack Black's c6-knight. White finishes the development of their kingside pieces and gets ready to castle short. The Ruy Lopez starts after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5. Despite having a large amount of theory, it is an opening that players of all levels can enjoy.
Most of the world's top players have adopted this rich opening as part of their repertoire, and many of them play it with both colors. One example: 1.f3 d5 2.Kf2 e5 (Black places two pawns in the centre to prepare for quick development) 3.e4 Bc5+ 4.Kg3 Qg5#.The Ruy Lopez (also known as the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game) is one of the oldest and most analyzed openings in chess history. If White plays poorly and leaves too many lines open against their king after 2.Kf2, they might be quickly checkmated. White has no stake in the centre, but hopes to make a hole to break into. It usually occurs after the moves 1.f3 e5 2.Nh3 d5 3.Nf2 (avoiding 3.Bxh3 4.gxh3 weakening the kingside) 3.Nf6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Be2 Bc5 6.0-0 0-0. If Black replies 1.e5, the game might proceed into a passive line known as the Blue Moon Defence. That's so humiliating." Also played is 2.e4, called the King's Head Opening.īlack can secure a comfortable advantage by the normal means – advancing central pawns and rapidly developing pieces to assert control over the centre. So commented, "It's hard to forget the game when someone plays f3 and Kf2 and just crushes you. In 2020, Magnus Carlsen played 2.Kf2 against Wesley So in a blitz game, for the psychological effect. One example of this is the game Simon Williams beating Martin Simons in the last round of the British Championship 1999, where Williams had nothing to play for. It can also be known as the Fried Fox Attack, Wandering King Opening, The Hammerschlag, Tumbleweed, the Pork Chop Opening, or the Half Bird as it is often called in the United Kingdom, due to its opening move f3 being half that of the f4 employed in Bird's Opening. After 1.f3 e5 some players even continue with the nonsensical 2.Kf2, one of several sequences of opening moves known as the Bongcloud Attack.
Nonetheless, it is probably not the rarest opening move. Since 1.f3 is a poor move, it is not played often. It also weakens White's kingside pawn structure, opens the e1–h4 diagonal against White's uncastled king, and opens the g1–a7 diagonal against White's potential kingside castling position. The move 1.f3 does not develop a piece, opens no lines for pieces, and actually hinders the development of White's king knight by denying it its most natural square, f3. The move does exert influence over the central square e4, but the same or more ambitious goals can be achieved with almost any other first move.
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