Tree path 13 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 › Ruy Lopez: Closed › Breyer Defense › Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer › Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid
C95

Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid

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Overview

Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C95.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It begins with 20 plies and takes 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. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It branches into 2 notable variations — Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense, Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense.

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ECO code
C95
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
20
Parent
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer
Direct variations
2

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Variations (2)