Tree path 9 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ruy Lopez › Morphy Defense › Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense › Steinitz Deferred › Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred › Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense Deferred, Boleslavsky 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
- Steinitz Deferred C79
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred C79
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Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense Deferred, Boleslavsky Variation
Overview
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense Deferred, Boleslavsky Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C79.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It begins with 19 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Re1 f5 9. dxe5 d5 10. Nc3 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C79
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 19
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