Ruy López Opening

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Named variations of the Ruy López Opening

Our opening book catalogues 201 named variations in this family. Here are the first 120:

• Alapin Defense
• Alapin Defense, Alapin Gambit
• Berlin Defense
• Berlin, Anderssen Variation
• Berlin, Beverwijk Variation
• Berlin, Beverwijk, Zukertort Gambit
• Berlin, Beverwijk, Zukertort, Benelux Variation
• Berlin, Beverwijk, Zukertort, Benelux, Modern Main Line
• Berlin, Důras Variation
• Berlin, Fishing Pole Variation
• Berlin, Halloween Attack
• Berlin, Improved Steinitz Defense
• Berlin, Improved Steinitz, Chigorin Variation
• Berlin, Improved Steinitz, Closed Wolf Variation
• Berlin, Improved Steinitz, Hedgehog Variation
• Berlin, Improved Steinitz, Hedgehog, Closed Bernstein Variation
• Berlin, Improved Steinitz, Hedgehog, Closed Showalter Variation
• Berlin, Improved Steinitz, Hedgehog, Tarrasch Trap
• Berlin, Kaufmann Variation
• Berlin, Mortimer Variation
• Berlin, Mortimer Variation, Mortimer Trap
• Berlin, Nyholm Attack
• Berlin, Rio Gambit Accepted
• Berlin, Rio de Janeiro Variation
• Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Cordel Variation
• Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Minckwitz Variation
• Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Pillsbury Variation
• Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Trifunović Variation
• Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Winawer Attack
• Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Zukertort Variation
• Berlin, Rosenthal Variation
• Berlin, l'Hermet Variation
• Berlin, l'Hermet, Berlin Wall Defense
• Berlin, l'Hermet, Showalter Variation
• Berlin, l'Hermet, Westerinen Line
• Bird's Defense
• Bird, Paulsen Variation
• Brentano Gambit
• Bulgarian Variation
• Classical Defense
• Classical, Central Variation
• Classical, Central Variation, Boden Variation
• Classical, Central Variation, Charousek Variation
• Classical, Central Variation, Cordel Gambit
• Classical, Central Variation, Konikowski Gambit
• Classical, Spanish Wing Gambit
• Classical, Zaitsev Variation
• Cozio Defense
• Cozio, Paulsen Variation
• Cozio, Tartakower Gambit
• Fianchetto Defense
• Fianchetto, Kevitz Gambit
• Gunderam Variation
• Jaenisch Gambit
• Jaenisch Gambit Accepted
• Jaenisch, Dyckhoff Variation
• Jaenisch, Dyckhoff, Classical Variation
• Jaenisch, Dyckhoff, Kostić Defense
• Jaenisch, Dyckhoff, Kostić Variation
• Jaenisch, Dyckhoff, Möhring Variation
• Jaenisch, Dyckhoff, Soviet Youth Variation
• Jaenisch, Dyckhoff, Tartakower Variation
• Jaenisch, Exchange Variation
• Jaenisch, Schönemann Attack
• Lucena Variation
• Marshall Attack
• Marshall Attack, Modern Variation
• Marshall Attack, Modern, Fischer Variation
• Marshall Attack, Modern, Main Line
• Marshall Attack, Modern, Main Line, Spassky Variation
• Marshall Attack, Steiner Variation
• Morphy Defense
• Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation
• Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation, Důras Variation
• Morphy Defense, Anti-Marshall Variation
• Morphy Defense, Arkhangelsk Variation
• Morphy Defense, Bayreuth Variation
• Morphy Defense, Brix Variation
• Morphy Defense, Caro Variation
• Morphy Defense, Caro, Graz Variation
• Morphy Defense, Caro, Norwegian Variation
• Morphy Defense, Caro, Norwegian, Nightingale Gambit
• Morphy Defense, Central Countergambit
• Morphy Defense, Closed
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Alekhine Gambit
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Averbakh Variation
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Averbakh, Kecskemét Variation
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Averbakh, Romanovsky Variation
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Balla Variation
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Center Attack
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Center Attack, Basque Gambit
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Leonhardt Variation
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Lutikov Variation
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Martinez Variation
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Morphy Attack
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Pilnik Variation
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Rosen Attack
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Rosen, Noah's Ark Trap
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Trajković Counterattack
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Trajković, Pseudo-Marshall Variation
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Yates Variation
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Yates, Bogoljubov Variation
• Morphy Defense, Closed, Yates, Bogoljubov, Short Attack
• Morphy Defense, Columbus Variation
• Morphy Defense, Columbus, Closed, Leonhardt Variation
• Morphy Defense, Cozio Defense
• Morphy Defense, Deferred Alapin Defense
• Morphy Defense, Deferred Bird's Defense
• Morphy Defense, Deferred Classical Defense
• Morphy Defense, Deferred Fianchetto Defense
• Morphy Defense, Deferred Schliemann Defense
• Morphy Defense, Deferred Schliemann, Deferred Jaenisch Gambit
• Morphy Defense, Deferred Steinitz Defense
• Morphy Defense, Deferred Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation
• Morphy Defense, Deferred Steinitz, Lipnitsky Variation
• Morphy Defense, Delayed Exchange Variation
• Morphy Defense, Exchange Variation
• Morphy Defense, Exchange, Alapin Gambit
• Morphy Defense, Exchange, Alekhine Variation
• Morphy Defense, Exchange, Alekhine Variation with 7...Bd6

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