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, Re3 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 C88
- Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack C89
- Modern Variation C89
- Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Re3 Variation C89 you are here
Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Re3 Variation
Overview
Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Re3 Variation 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.
Play reaches this position via 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. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re3, after 27 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Modern Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C89
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 27
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