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: Marshall Attack › Modern Variation › Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Main Line › Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Modern Main Line
C89

Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Modern Main Line

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Overview

Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Modern Main Line is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C89.

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

It begins with 28 plies and takes 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 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Main Line, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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

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ECO code
C89
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
28
Parent
Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Main Line
Direct variations
1

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