Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The Main Line Of The Ruy Lopez


Fischer was well known for his use and deep analysis of the Ruy Lopez. This game is taken from the book " Unbeatable Chess Lessons for Juniors".

I like this chess book because each move is commented in plain English somewhat in the sytle of Irving Chernev's book "Logical Chess Move by Move " In that book , Chernev's explains the reasoning behind each move, a good way to improve upon one's chess thinking process.

The game is between Fischer and Shocron at Mar de Plata 1959.

The key is the winning sacrifice Fischer uses at the end of the game.

As always the game is presented in Chess Flash format.

fischer_shocron_1959.pgn


The seond game posted below is the Breyer variation of the Ruy Lopez. This game is also taken from the book " Unbeatable Chess Lessons for Juniors".
This is known as the Breyer variation of the Ruy Lopez. Black temporarily retreats his knight with the idea of redeploying it on d7.

Karpov vs Spassky Moscow 1973

karpov_spassky_1973_0.pgn

2 comments:

  1. Am I missing something for 40. Qg7#?

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  2. Opps ! Black's 39th reply should be ....Qd1 check then white moves Kh2 then the line is correct after that.

    Good Catch ! sorry for late reply posted July 7, 2009 ....diamondback

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