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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. Qh5/9...g6

< 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. Qh5
Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defence
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black kingc8 black bishopd8 black kinge8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black kinge7 black kingf7 black kingg7 black kingh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 white knightd6 black queene6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black pawnh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 white bishopc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 black kingf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 white queen5
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 black kinge1 white kingf1 black kingg1 black kingh1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h
Common moves:
10. Qe5
10. Nxa7

The usual move here is

  • 10. Qe5+, when after the forcing sequence 10...Qxe5 11.Nxe5+ c6 12.Ba4 Bg7 13.d4 exd3 White can simply recapture with
    • 14.Nxd3 and try to untangle her queenside and convert the extra pawn, or alternatively:
    • 14.O-O (to meet ...Bxe5 with Re1 winning the bishop pair) and then 14...Bxe5 15.Re1 is simple enough, but with either 14...Be6 or 14...Bf5 Black can challenge White to the very very long variation:
      • 15.Nxc6 Bd7 16.Re1+ Kf8 17.Nd4! Bxa4 18.Ne6+ Kf7 19.Nxg7 Kxg7 20.b3 Be8 21.Bb2+ Nf6 22.Re7+ Bf7 23.g4 g5 24.f4 gxf4 25.g5 and White has at last won the piece back with, well, approximately a drawn position.
      • 15.Re1 is probably the sane option.
  • 10. Nxa7+ offers to transpose to the 9.Nxa7+ lines, which Black can accept with 10...Bd7 11.Bxd7 Qxd7 12.Qe5+. Since those lines are mostly terrible, Black may be objectively better off with 10...c6, leading to 11.Nxc8 and then either 11...gxh5 12.Nxd6+ Bxd6 or 11...Rxc8 12.Qh3 Ra8, neither of which have been tested by theory.

Wikipedia has related information at Ruy Lopez

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