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Tree path 12 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: Marshall Attack › Modern Variation › Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Main Line
  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: Morphy Defense C78
  8. Ruy Lopez: Closed C84
  9. Ruy Lopez: Closed C88
  10. Ruy Lopez: Closed C88
  11. Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack C89
  12. Modern Variation C89
  13. Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Main Line C89 you are here
C89

Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Main Line

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Overview

Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Main Line is a named branch in the Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO C89.

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

The line arises from 23 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Modern Variation, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.

It continues primarily into one named line, Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Modern Main Line.

Together the deeper variations number 2 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
C89
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
23
Parent
Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Modern Variation
Direct variations
1
Total in subtree
2

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Variations (1)

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Sister lines that share the same parent Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Modern Variation:

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