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Ruy Lopez Tricky Systems

Difficulty 3/3Black repertoireECO C62–C90

Ruy Lopez Exchange, Nxe5 Punishment (C68)

Line progress9/18

Attack e5 and e4 at once. Black uses the open queen line created by...dxc6.

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ECO C62–C90

Every one of these lines is explained move by move in the app — with recall practice and spaced review.

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  1. Ruy Lopez Exchange, Nxe5 PunishmentSample

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 Qd4 6. Nf3 Qxe4+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Kxe2 Bf5 9. d3 O-O-O

  2. Ruy Lopez Exchange, 5.d4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Ne7

  3. Ruy Lopez Exchange, 5.Nc3

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 O-O-O 8. d3 f6

  4. Ruy Lopez Exchange, Alapin Be3

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Nc4 Ng6 13. d4 f6

  5. Ruy Lopez Exchange, Alapin Nbd2

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 g5 9. Nc4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 f6 12. h4 gxh4 13. f4 b5 14. Na5 Kd7

  6. Ruy Lopez Fifth Move, Delayed Exchange

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Nc4 Qe7

  7. Ruy Lopez Worrall Attack, Castling

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 e4

  8. Ruy Lopez Worrall Attack, d3

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. d3 d5

  9. Ruy Lopez Fifth Move, Immediate d4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Nc5

  10. Schliemann Defense, Main Line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4

  11. Schliemann Defense, d4 Counter

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 c6 7. Bc4 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Qxe5

  12. Delayed Schliemann Defense

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Be7

  13. Steinitz Defense

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O

  14. Steinitz Defense Deferred

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O

  15. Steinitz Defense Deferred, Siesta Variation

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3

  16. Exchange Variation

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O

  17. Delayed Exchange Variation

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Re1 Nd7 8. d4 exd4

  18. Open Variation, Classical Approach

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nc5

  19. Open Variation, Nbd2

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5

  20. Neo-Archangel Variation

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 Bb7