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Ruy Lopez

Steinitz Defense Deferred, Boleslavsky Variation

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  1. 1.e4e5
  2. 2.Nf3Nc6
  3. 3.Bb5a6
  4. 4.Ba4Nf6
  5. 5.O-Od6
  6. 6.Bxc6+bxc6
  7. 7.d4Nxe4
  8. 8.Re1f5
  9. 9.dxe5d5
  10. 10.Nc3

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A sharp Deferred Steinitz line of the Ruy Lopez where White trades on c6 and strikes with d4, and Black takes on e4 and props up the knight with ...f5.

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About the Boleslavsky Variation

After 5...d6, White surrenders the bishop at once with 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 and opens the center with 7. d4. Black accepts the e4 pawn with 7...Nxe4, and after 8. Re1 f5 9. dxe5 d5 10. Nc3 the knight is anchored by the d5 and f5 pawns. White, with a pawn on e5 and the half-open e-file, challenges that knight and eyes Black's doubled c-pawns and isolated a-pawn. The line is classified under ECO C79.

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