Saturday, September 19, 2020

Ruy Lopez-Spanish Defense

 8..Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1  




here Black has two options 11..Bd7 which is Carlsen-Topalov 2010 with great attack by Magnus.
The second option is 11..Be6 to fight for control og a2-f7.

11..Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13. c3 Qd7 


here White plays d3-d4 and in King-Krasenkow 1999, White had the edge

 

Variation B: Black plays 8..b4 to prevent any pawn exchange and get space advantage.White typically plays 9.a5!? leading to following position


White typically plays Nbd2-c4 (Bc4 and b2-b3 also possible) and here a possible variation

 9..O-O 10.Re1 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Be3 Bf6 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3


De Firmian-Beliavsky game

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