Hansen: Miniatures in the Ruy Lopez Sonderangebot when I was writing my

when I was writing my first book a few years ago

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There are three opponents to defeat in a game of chess: the enemy pieces

Open files – a fundamental element of chess strategy

Hansen: Miniatures in the Ruy Lopez Sonderangebot when I was writing myThe lines covered in this book, the Ruy Lopez Main Lines, arise (with a few exceptions for move order and such) after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0 0. Some of the lines are incredibly theoretical, but rather than burden you with a ton of theory in lines you will have limited chance of using in your own games, the emphasis is on the lines that are more likely to occur in your games. Those lines will be in chapters 3 and 4, the two longest