Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Nc6/3. Bb5/3...f5/4. Nc3/4...fxe4/5. Nxe4/5...d5/6. Nxe5/6...dxe4/7. Nxc6/7...Qd5/8. c4/8...Qd6/9. Nxa7/9...Bd7/10. Bxd7/10...Qxd7

< Chess Opening Theory‎ | 1. e4‎ | 1...e5‎ | 2. Nf3‎ | 2...Nc6‎ | 3. Bb5‎ | 3...f5‎ | 4. Nc3‎ | 4...fxe4‎ | 5. Nxe4‎ | 5...d5‎ | 6. Nxe5‎ | 6...dxe4‎ | 7. Nxc6‎ | 7...Qd5‎ | 8. c4‎ | 8...Qd6‎ | 9. Nxa7‎ | 9...Bd7‎ | 10. Bxd7
Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defence
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black kingc8 black kingd8 black kinge8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 white knightb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black queene7 black kingf7 black kingg7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 black kingf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 white pawnd4 black kinge4 black pawnf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 black kingd2 white pawne2 black kingf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 black kingc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 black kingg1 black kingh1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h

The main line here is 11. Qh5+. White has the bread and butter of two extra pawns, and wants the jam as well (stopping Black from castling). Black can offer an exchange sacrifice in response, but White shouldn't accept it; the realisation that White isn't obliged to accept it was responsible for 11. Qh5+ taking over as the main line from:

11. Nb5, which seems like it should be enough for a solid advantage. Two pawns are two pawns! But it actually scores rather badly for White. There's a caveat, as there always is with opening statistics: if top players know 11.Qh5+ is playable but weaker players aren't in on the secret, then 11.Nb5 will end up being played by weaker players, and weaker players are more likely to lose.