Tree path 11 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ruy Lopez › Morphy Defense › Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense › Ruy Lopez: Closed › Ruy Lopez: Closed › Ruy Lopez: Closed › Yates Variation › Ruy Lopez: Closed, Bogoljubow Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Ruy Lopez C60
- Morphy Defense C70
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense C78
- Ruy Lopez: Closed C84
- Ruy Lopez: Closed C88
- Ruy Lopez: Closed C90
- Yates Variation C91
- Ruy Lopez: Closed, Bogoljubow Variation C91 you are here
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Bogoljubow Variation
Overview
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Bogoljubow Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C91.
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 18 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 9. d4 Bg4.
It is a variation of Ruy Lopez: Closed, Yates Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Ruy Lopez: Closed, Yates Variation, Short Attack.
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- ECO code
- C91
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 18
- Direct variations
- 1
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