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Tree path 8 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ruy Lopez › Morphy Defense › Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation › Keres Variation › Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Romanovsky Variation
  1. Chess Codex
  2. King's Pawn Game C20
  3. King's Knight Opening C40
  4. Normal Variation C44
  5. Ruy Lopez C60
  6. Morphy Defense C70
  7. Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation C68
  8. Keres Variation C68
  9. Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Romanovsky Variation C68 you are here
C68

Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Romanovsky Variation

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Overview

Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Romanovsky Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C68.

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 11 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d3.

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

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ECO code
C68
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
11
Parent
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Keres Variation

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