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Ruy Lopez: Closed
Overview
Ruy Lopez: Closed is a specific line in the Open Games family (ECO C90), arising from a recognised theoretical position.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It is reached after 16 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O.
The line refines Ruy Lopez: Closed, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
The line splits into 4 documented sub-systems: Ruy Lopez: Closed, Lutikov Variation, Suetin Variation, and others.
Below the direct variations, the full subtree contains 30 documented sub-variations.
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- ECO code
- C90
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 16
- Parent
- Ruy Lopez: Closed
- Direct variations
- 4
- Total in subtree
- 30
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Variations (4)
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- C92 Ruy Lopez: Closed 17-ply
- C90 Lutikov Variation 17-ply
- C90 Suetin Variation 17-ply
- C91 Yates Variation 17-ply
- C91 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Bogoljubow Variation 18-ply
- C94 Breyer Defense 18-ply
- C97 Chigorin Defense 18-ply
- C92 Flohr System 18-ply
- C92 Karpov Variation 18-ply
- C92 Kholmov Variation 18-ply
- C93 Smyslov Defense 18-ply
- C92 Zaitsev System 18-ply
- C95 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer 19-ply
- C94 Quiet Variation 19-ply
- C96 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense 19-ply
- C92 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Smyslov-Breyer-Zaitsev Hybrid 24-ply
- C91 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Yates Variation, Short Attack 19-ply
- C95 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid 20-ply
- C96 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense 20-ply
- C96 Gajewski Gambit 20-ply
- C96 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Rossolimo Defense 22-ply
- C96 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Borisenko Variation 22-ply
- C95 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense 24-ply
- C95 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense 21-ply
- C97 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense 22-ply
- C96 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Keres Defense 22-ply
- C98 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense 24-ply
- C99 Panov System 25-ply
- C97 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin, Yugoslav System 28-ply
- C98 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense 25-ply