Ruy Lopez

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Ruy Lopez

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Named for Ruy López de Segura, a Spanish priest who wrote a book about chess openings in 1561.

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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.
Similar: Spanish Game, Spanish Opening, Spanish Torture

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name a common chess opening

Español	apertura española
Français	partie espagnole
Deutsch	Spanische Partie, Spanische Eröffnung, Spanisch
Русский	испа́нская па́ртия ispánskaja pártija

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@misc{ruy_lopez_2026,
  title = {Ruy Lopez},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ruy%20lopez},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}