Ruy Lopez [SEP] named after
Ruy Lopez
The Ruy Lopez (; ), also called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game, is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
The Ruy Lopez is named after 16th-century Spanish priest Ruy López de Segura. It is one of the most popular openings, with such a vast number of variations that all codes from C60 to C99 in the "Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings" ("ECO") are assigned to them.
History.
The opening is named after the 16th-century Spanish priest
Attack – 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 – named after Stepan Levitsky;
- Lisitsin Gambit of the Zukertort Opening – 1.Nf3 f5 2.e4 – named after Georgy Lisitsin;
- Lolli Variation of the Two Knights Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.d4 – named after Giambattista Lolli;
- Lopez Opening – 1.e4 e5 2.c3 – another name for the MacLeod Attack – not to be confused with the Ruy Lopez;
- Lucena Defence of the Ruy Lopez – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Be7 – named after Luis Ramirez