Chessmate

Ruy Lopez · White

Closed Spanish, Chigorin-Panov Rc1 Plan (C97)

Take central space and open diagonals for the queen and the f1 bishop.

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Ruy Lopez Berlin Defense · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO C65–C67

Sample line with full explanations: l'Hermet, Berlin Wall Defense.

Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defense · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO C88–C97

Sample line with full explanations: Chigorin, Panov System.

Ruy Lopez Marshall Attack · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO C88–C89

Sample line with full explanations: Modern Main Line, Spassky Variation.

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ECO C62–C97

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

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  1. Closed Spanish, Chigorin-Panov Rc1 PlanSample

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1

  2. Closed Spanish, Chigorin d5 Center

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 g6 14. Nf1

  3. Closed Spanish, Breyer Knight Reroute

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3

  4. Closed Spanish, Zaitsev Center and Bishop Retreat

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 h6 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1

  5. Anti-Marshall, 8.a4 and ...b4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2

  6. Anti-Marshall, 8.a4 and ...Bb7

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3

  7. Anti-Berlin, Bxc6 and ...Be6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3

  8. Anti-Berlin, Nc4 and the a4 Clamp

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. O-O Re8 9. Kh1 a5 10. a4

  9. Open Spanish, Classical 9.c3

    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

  10. Neo-Archangel, a4-a5 Expansion

    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

  11. Archangel, ...Bb7 and the Nd5 Exchange

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bd2 d6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5

  12. Schliemann Defense, 4.Nc3 and Modern ...Nf6

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nxe5

  13. Old Steinitz Defense, Immediate d4

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Bf1

  14. Deferred Steinitz, c3-d4 Setup

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1

  15. Classical Defense, c3-d4 Center

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O

  16. Punishing Premature 6...O-O

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5