Ruy Lopez Chess Opening Explained in 10 Minutes [TRAPS Included]

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    All the world chess champions had one thing in common; they all played the Ruy Lopez chess opening (also known as the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game). It occurs after the opening moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5. It is one of the most popular chess openings.
    In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov teaches you how to play the Ruy Lopez as White and the best ways to counter Black in different variations, including the Morphy Defense, Steinitz Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense, Bird Variation, and more.
    You will learn the aggressive variations for White that are filled with nasty traps.
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    ► Chapters
    00:00 Ruy Lopez Chess Opening for White
    01:04 1) If Black plays 6...Bg4
    02:40 2) If Black plays 6...Nf6
    03:26 Fried Liver Attack in Ruy Lopez?
    04:20 3) 3...d6, Steinitz Defense
    05:59 4) 3...Nd4, Bird Variation
    07:57 5) Morphy Defense, Mackenzie Variation
    11:11 6) Black's best response (for advanced players)
    13:12 Quiz: Puzzle of the day
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  • @GMIgorSmirnov
    @GMIgorSmirnov  6 місяців тому +15

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    • @R.Akerman-oz1tf
      @R.Akerman-oz1tf 5 місяців тому

      Question) @1:14 Ba4-b3. If Knt) c6-a5...sac Bish or B-d5? Then c7-c6 attacks Bish... I'm kinda lost here.

  • @samadithvimanshaka
    @samadithvimanshaka 6 місяців тому +187

    For the puzzle, I think it's a queen sac. Qxh7 after Kxh7, Rh5 is checkmate.

  • @pat57132
    @pat57132 6 місяців тому +24

    13:19 To complete White’s attack, you sacrifice your queen by capturing the pawn on h7. Then, after the king takes your queen, you deliver a beautiful checkmate-known as Anastasia’s Mate-by swinging your rook over to h5.

  • @contextinvideos
    @contextinvideos 5 місяців тому +10

    just recently got into chess, and for some reason the ruy lopez opening infuriates me to my core every time i see that bishop threaten my knight. it feels like i play the exact same opening every single bullet game and its gotten me so desensitized to other openings that if my enemy plays something else my brain malfunctions for a good 5 seconds. i have even started premoving the entire ruy lopez opening up to taking the bishop when they take my knight
    400 elo rating just to clarify

  • @GMIgorSmirnov
    @GMIgorSmirnov  6 місяців тому +22

    ► Chapters
    00:00 Ruy Lopez Chess Opening for White
    01:04 1) If Black plays 6...Bg4
    02:40 2) If Black plays 6...Nf6
    03:26 Fried Liver Attack in Ruy Lopez?
    04:20 3) 3...d6, Steinitz Defense
    05:59 4) 3...Nd4, Bird Variation
    07:57 5) Morphy Defense, Mackenzie Variation
    11:11 6) Black's best response (for advanced players)
    13:12 Quiz: Puzzle of the day

  • @itsiqbalgaming
    @itsiqbalgaming 4 місяці тому +5

    A variety of fun ideas covered in this video. Thank you for an entertaining video Igor!

  • @CastlesKingSide
    @CastlesKingSide 6 місяців тому +15

    Puzzle solution: 1.Q:h7 K:h7 2.Rh5

  • @user-uk9er5vw4c
    @user-uk9er5vw4c 4 місяці тому +2

    awesome video, there's a lot to digest but it looks fun

  • @somakarpati9847
    @somakarpati9847 6 місяців тому +4

    You could do a dutch defense video, its relatively rare and unique so most opponents would be unprepared

  • @HonestMan07
    @HonestMan07 6 місяців тому +13

    Can someone wish me a happy birthday? Today is my special day, but the loneliness is overwhelming. There's no one to share this day with, no one to surprise me with a cake. A deep sadness has settled in my heart. I'm not sure why I'm writing this here, maybe just to share my feelings and find a bit of comfort, as they say talking about our troubles can help.

    • @peterbago4574
      @peterbago4574 6 місяців тому +3

      Happy birthday. Also please know all days are just the same. I will turn 43 in 4 days. I will celebrate with family, I have people around but to be honest it doesn't mean a thing. It is just a day. Good things happen to some people. Bad things happen to some other. Actually know what? Life starts 9 month earlier that's when you're created. So please worry not about this day it is not something special and of special meaning.

    • @GMIgorSmirnov
      @GMIgorSmirnov  6 місяців тому +3

      Happy Birthday! 🎂 I know it might not feel like it right now, but life has a way of surprising us with its ups and downs.

    • @HonestMan07
      @HonestMan07 6 місяців тому +3

      @@GMIgorSmirnov Oh my god! I literally didn't expect my idol GM Egor to wish me for my birthday... What else do I need... Thank you so so much Egor.... I will remember it forever...

    • @Tetfima
      @Tetfima Місяць тому

      I'm 4 months late but happy birthday I hope you enjoy this year and age you seem just from this comment alone that you're a great person and someone I'd love to know! 🔥🩵

    • @sj001
      @sj001 23 дні тому

      Im 5 months late but happy birth Year 😅

  • @minhdao-nn7ho
    @minhdao-nn7ho Місяць тому

    Very informative Igor. Thank you

  • @OlegCapovani
    @OlegCapovani 5 місяців тому

    Amazing, thanks Igor

  • @tonyjames1980
    @tonyjames1980 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing this

  • @neoetude
    @neoetude 13 днів тому

    Thank you for this great video! This is really helpful! :D

  • @SuperRoss33
    @SuperRoss33 6 місяців тому +1

    Wow thank you for sharing

  • @jasonuerkvitz3756
    @jasonuerkvitz3756 27 днів тому

    Anastasia's mate. Qxh7+, Kxh7, Rh5#
    Thanks for this lesson, Coach. This makes this game a bit more clear between Morphy and Andersen I was looking at recently:
    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 c6 7. O-O cxb5 8.
    Bg5 Be7 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. c3 d5 13.
    cxd4 Be6 14. Nc3 a6 15. Re5 Rd8 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Rae1 g5 18. R1e3 Rg8 19. Qd1 Qf6
    20. Rxe6 *

  • @LeviSiccard
    @LeviSiccard 3 місяці тому

    The puzzle is basically Anastasia's checkmate. Very nice variation! Thanks Igor! for expanding my Ruy Lopez repertoire and making it a real torture!🙂

  • @gm2407
    @gm2407 6 місяців тому +3

    1.Qxh7+ kxh7 (only move). 2.Rh5# ( the knight prevents escape on g6 or g8, the king is to far from the rook to take and nothing can take the rook or block the check.

  • @Gongo70
    @Gongo70 3 місяці тому +1

    Great video!
    At 08:18 you previously recommended Qe2, the Wormald attack, but in this video you mention d4, the Mackenzie variation. Which of these lines do you recommend to your viewers?

  • @ankitjain-bo5rh
    @ankitjain-bo5rh 6 місяців тому +1

    1.Qxh7+ Kxh7 (forced move). 2.Rh5# ( Knight covers escape on g6 or g8, and nothing can stop the rook or block the check.

  • @bloodmoney88
    @bloodmoney88 6 місяців тому +4

    Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you very much.

  • @twentyrothmans7308
    @twentyrothmans7308 6 місяців тому +1

    Qxh7+ Kxh7
    Rh5 ++
    Thank you, as always, Igor!

  • @wasanthadharmasena840
    @wasanthadharmasena840 6 місяців тому

    Greate video Igo😊

  • @DavidEmerling79
    @DavidEmerling79 6 місяців тому +1

    At 8:16, when white plays 5.d4 for this "more aggressive approach," it is *white* who can stumble into a trap after 5...exd4, 6.Nxd4?. This is the famous Noah's Ark Trap. 6...Nxd4 Qxd4, 7.c5 Q-moves, 8. c4 and white's bishop is trapped. It's worth mentioning that *white* can also stumble in the early stages of the Ruy Lopez.

    • @sugarpoyon2077
      @sugarpoyon2077 3 місяці тому

      Thank you for pointing at this, I didn't saw the resemblance with the Noah's Ark

  • @katis999
    @katis999 Місяць тому

    Thank you very much

  • @vladislavshevchenko634
    @vladislavshevchenko634 6 місяців тому

    With due respect, Igor, fried liver attack with the knight sacrifice line is objectively better for black if black finds or knows all the Stockfisch moves, they are just a piece up for example I personally go for traxler now, but I used to play into fried liver, knight sacrifice as black.

  • @dashingwithvon7870
    @dashingwithvon7870 5 місяців тому

    Queen sac at the end for the checkmate in two 🤟🏾

  • @davidbatchelder85
    @davidbatchelder85 21 день тому

    never mind, you answered it wonderful

  • @peterbago4574
    @peterbago4574 6 місяців тому

    You say some funny stuff, but usually not in the first ten seconds. So I vote this the best intro you have done in these videos. 😅

  • @sonipolakian4256
    @sonipolakian4256 6 місяців тому +1

    Nice video

  • @alex16cole
    @alex16cole 18 днів тому

    Very good

  • @Kanekikun007
    @Kanekikun007 3 місяці тому +4

    And he sacrifices his queeeeeeen

    • @camdowg
      @camdowg Місяць тому

      Thank you for saying it the correct way

  • @blackice6505
    @blackice6505 6 місяців тому

    Thanks🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

  • @davidbatchelder85
    @davidbatchelder85 21 день тому

    what I have found, black moves the knight to d4 right away hitting the knight and the bishop. Disrupting all aspects of the formation. What should one do in this case

  • @lars-christianheinz6902
    @lars-christianheinz6902 6 місяців тому +1

    Thanks. Anastasia's mate. So brutal and beautiful.

  • @andreyvstaroselskiy
    @andreyvstaroselskiy Місяць тому

    13:18 you sack the queen on h7 and slide the rook on h5 for mate! Beautiful!

  • @johnalexwallwall
    @johnalexwallwall 6 місяців тому

    The puzzle at the end, took me a sec but its a queen sac, then move the rook over in its place. Check mate 😊

  • @ElloJayMusic
    @ElloJayMusic 6 місяців тому

    13:15
    sacrifice Queen. (checks king) 5h7h
    King takes white queen. 8h7h
    Move rook to 5e5h (check mate)

  • @Georgewalsh100
    @Georgewalsh100 5 місяців тому

    Master class

  • @akashnarayanraozol9871
    @akashnarayanraozol9871 6 місяців тому

    13:12 1. Qxh7+ Kxh7 is forced then Rh5#

  • @ohyeahohyeah1071
    @ohyeahohyeah1071 6 місяців тому +2

    While facing this opening as black, after e4 e5; Nf6 Nc3; Bb5, I usually play Bc5 because most of my opponents take the knight. If they take, I recapture with the d pawn, and if they then take my e pawn, I play Qd4, threatening mate in 1. Unless someone finds Nd3, which makes their position worse, they either get mated or lose a knight

  • @boddu
    @boddu 29 днів тому

    For the puzzle is it qxh7 after kxh7, rh5 that is checkmate🎉

  • @mahadev4256
    @mahadev4256 6 місяців тому +1

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @icetroll734
    @icetroll734 14 днів тому

    Queen sacrifice, very nice

  • @jakit0556
    @jakit0556 Місяць тому

    qh7 rh5 beautiful sac but i immediately wouldve went for the fork due to the pin

  • @sumeetkushwaha6488
    @sumeetkushwaha6488 Місяць тому

    In 5:52 how it is winning position?

  • @EmileMondou-fp6tt
    @EmileMondou-fp6tt 12 днів тому

    I dont know this academy, but I want to know it!

  • @MohitKumar-jf8lz
    @MohitKumar-jf8lz 2 місяці тому

    At 2.07 what if blsck captures our knight with his knight?

  • @DarkMonarchleader
    @DarkMonarchleader 5 місяців тому +1

    7:51 what if king goes e7?

    • @beaconite4249
      @beaconite4249 3 місяці тому +1

      If he goes to e7 then white can play Qe5+ and force the king to f7. Then he plays Qe5+ and picks off the rook in the corner anyway. Just one move later.

  • @lmangoi3074
    @lmangoi3074 12 днів тому

    Anastasia's Mate aka Magnus's fav mate

  • @advitmahipati1728
    @advitmahipati1728 Місяць тому

    1. Qxh7+ Kxh7 2. Rh5#

  • @TauraPramuditya
    @TauraPramuditya 4 місяці тому

    sac the queen, and rh5

  • @abdulkhader6245
    @abdulkhader6245 3 місяці тому

    Queen to h7 (We sacrifice "the QUEEN") black King had to take them the Rook end his career with rook to h5 (Forced checkmate)

  • @cupihealth
    @cupihealth 29 днів тому +1

    sacrifice the queen in last one

  • @sahitinalam8875
    @sahitinalam8875 2 місяці тому

    At 4:16 wt if black king move to e6

  • @krestwoodb
    @krestwoodb 3 місяці тому +1

    Not sure if it was luck or what but first game I tried this and in 12 moves I was up 22 points lol. Granted I am 500 elo LOL
    edit: now i have won 10 games in a row lmao. This opening is OP.

  • @ashoksafaya5397
    @ashoksafaya5397 6 місяців тому

    I first learnt from the book of Mr Spasky, recovering the pawn captured by black Knight after placing the castled rook in the same file could not see in this video besides one mate trap sacrificing queen when knight pinned by black bishop.

  • @terencetembo8382
    @terencetembo8382 6 місяців тому

    For the puzzle its qxh7+ king takes queen is forced and rook g5 is a beautiful check mate 😂

  • @paulmacariola10
    @paulmacariola10 6 місяців тому

    Qh7+ kxh7 Then Rh5+# it is correct coach. it is last part of your vedio

  • @chakre11
    @chakre11 6 місяців тому

    Best

  • @boddu
    @boddu 29 днів тому

    Happy birthday

  • @ExtraditionLawFirm
    @ExtraditionLawFirm 2 місяці тому +1

    👍

  • @davidbatchelder85
    @davidbatchelder85 21 день тому

    sacrifice the queen, Qh7 check, king takes h7 Rh5 #

  • @desmyt67
    @desmyt67 6 місяців тому

    I'm sorry gm smirnov but I only play 1. b3 :P I won a tournament (not official one) by playing it with white eheh

  • @sayantabhattacharjee9808
    @sayantabhattacharjee9808 3 місяці тому

    Anastasia's Mate....after forced capture Qxh7

  • @walterbrownstone8017
    @walterbrownstone8017 6 місяців тому +1

    Ruy Lopez is the greatest!

  • @user-dj6zv9hd8j
    @user-dj6zv9hd8j 4 місяці тому +1

    This all depends on your Opponent making the moves You want them to make.....🤷

  • @stevensutton2252
    @stevensutton2252 6 місяців тому +2

    The Spanish Inquisition

  • @sadiqliyev923
    @sadiqliyev923 6 місяців тому

    K e 6 ?

  • @kramareva7446
    @kramareva7446 6 місяців тому

    Qxh7, Rh5...😃😃

  • @juline190782
    @juline190782 4 місяці тому

    Queen sacrifice!

  • @prplt
    @prplt 6 місяців тому

    I just play f5 the jaenish gambit 😂

  • @hemakanthadesilva2087
    @hemakanthadesilva2087 2 місяці тому

    anastasia mate

  • @zarnshow6922
    @zarnshow6922 6 місяців тому

    Your board was flipped?

  • @sangareswaran.m7315
    @sangareswaran.m7315 6 місяців тому

    Sacrifice the queeeeeeeeen. Hi I'm a Gotham sub

  • @universpro7741
    @universpro7741 Місяць тому

    Spanish glory🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸

  • @lenigaussgauss2428
    @lenigaussgauss2428 2 місяці тому

    Sac the Queen on h7

  • @alextonyt636
    @alextonyt636 23 дні тому

    queen h7 and then rook h5 easy checkmate

  • @redlech5162
    @redlech5162 5 місяців тому

    they play me Ke4 in the 3rd move :(

  • @lyingcat9022
    @lyingcat9022 6 місяців тому

    Your best girl Anastasia joins the party ;)

  • @KyeHortonNinjaWindowCleaning
    @KyeHortonNinjaWindowCleaning Місяць тому

    Queen h7 then cm with rook 😁

  • @romelliilagus4314
    @romelliilagus4314 6 місяців тому

    In 10:33, what if black plays O-O

    • @cr4zyj4m1e87
      @cr4zyj4m1e87 6 місяців тому

      Queen takes the hanging bishop on C5

  • @user-cm4og2zb6x
    @user-cm4og2zb6x 3 місяці тому

    Sankyo

  • @reydonz
    @reydonz 13 днів тому

    why they call it Ruy Lopez opening?

  • @user-zv5vw8lk9n
    @user-zv5vw8lk9n 6 місяців тому

    Sácalo en español 😦

  • @ItIsYouAreNotYour
    @ItIsYouAreNotYour 6 місяців тому

    Are there any traps against Ruy Lopez? My buddy always takes the c6 knight immediately and then does a3 and h3 and he's pretty locked down. I know those last 2 moves aren't the "best moves" but it's still a pain in the butt.

    • @pastorofmuppets4552
      @pastorofmuppets4552 4 місяці тому

      There’s the Noah’s Ark Trap, but it involves the bishop not taking the knight. It comes from the Modern Steinitz variation.

  • @thomassifford5356
    @thomassifford5356 2 місяці тому

    Qxĥ7 check king takes rook to h5 check mate