Tree path 7 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ruy Lopez › Schliemann Defense › Dyckhoff Variation › Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Kostić Defense
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Ruy Lopez C60
- Schliemann Defense C63
- Dyckhoff Variation C63
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Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Kostić Defense
Overview
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Kostić Defense is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C63.
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 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7, after 10 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Dyckhoff Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C63
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 10
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