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Ruy Lopez
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English
tright rd bd qd kd bd nd rd pd pd pd pd pd pd pd nd bl pd pl nl pl pl pl pl pl pl pl rl nl bl ql kl rl Moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
Etymology
Named for Ruy López de Segura, a Spanish priest who wrote a book about chess openings in 1561.
Proper noun
1
en chess A common chess opening, an Open Game characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5, in which White moves king's bishop to the fifth rank.
Synonyms
en Spanish Game
en Spanish Opening
en Spanish Torture
Translations
a common chess opening
Dutch: nl Spaans n, nl Spaanse opening f
French: fr partie espagnole f
German: de Spanische Partie f, de Spanische Eröffnung f, de Spanisch f
Norwegian: no spansk åpning m
Polish: pl partia hiszpańska f
Russian: ru испа́нская па́ртия f
Spanish: es apertura española f
Further reading
en eponyms
en Chess openings