The Ruy Lopez | Exchange Variation | Chess Openings | IM Andrey Ostrovskiy

👉 Want to improve in chess? Check out our free website: https://www.chessfactor.com 👉 Support the channel with a donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s... The Ruy Lopez is an incredibly popular opening at all levels of chess, from the amateur player up to top level grandmasters. It is considered as one of the best openings for white after the moves 1.e4 e5. In the second video of the series, IM Andrey Ostrovskiy is sharing with you the Exchange Variation in the Ruy Lopez, also known as the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game. The main focus of this video is to show you the main strategies and plans for both sides in the different variations. The Ruy Lopez opening is characterized by the following move order: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 If black attacks the Spanish bishop on b5 with the move 3…a6, white has several options here. The variation covered in this video is the so-called Exchanged Variation which arises after white's move 4.Bxc6. After the exchange 4...dxc6 the variation continues as follows: 3:55 Mainline, 5.0-0 After 5.O-O, black has several options here: 5:27 5…Bg4 After 6.Nf3 6:22 6…h5, Alapin Gambit 6:28 7.hxg4 7:59 7.c3 7:11 7.d3 After 7…Qf6 9:38 8.Be3 12:01 8.Nd2 After 8…Ne7 9.Re1 Ng6 12:52 10.hxg4 13:50 10.d4 14:05 10…exd4 15:58 10…Nf4 18:00 5…f6, Gligoric Variation After white’s move 6.d4, black continues with 18:24 6…exd4 After 7. Nxd4 c5, white has two main options: 19:07 8.Nb3 19:58 11.Bf4 22:30 11.Nc3 After 11…Bd6 12.Be3 b6 13.a4 24:09 13…0-0-0 25:28 13…Kf7 26:35 8.Ne2 📘 The pgn to this video can be downloaded on our website! — ⭐️ Social Media Links: Twitter:   / chessfactor   Facebook:   / chessfactorofficial   Lichess: https://lichess.org/@/chessfactor Twitch:   / chessfactor   — ♛ Chess Set Links: ➡️ Green chess set: https://www.bestchesssetever.com/coll... ➡️ Wooden chess set: https://www.chessware.de/Schachfigure... — #Chess #Chessfactor #RuyLopez #ExchangeVariation #SpanishOpening #ChessOpening