Every sideline in the Ruy Lopez for white explained: Exchange, Mackenzie, Worrall... скачать в хорошем качестве

Every sideline in the Ruy Lopez for white explained: Exchange, Mackenzie, Worrall...

Strategy of every alternative to the main lines of the Ruy Lopez for white, Exchange, Mackenzie, Worrall... Annotated Ruy Lopez repertoires:   / spanish-opening-150080716   Here's what I use to learn openings: https://chessbook.com/hanging-pawns Practice my Spanish repertoire against a sparring partner: https://go.noctie.ai/ruy-lopez-black Sort books on the Spanish by specific variation: https://chessreads.com/spanish-opening Learn the basics of the Ruy Lopez here:    • Introduction to the Spanish Opening (Ruy L...   Detailed videos on each variation that cover the theory, strategy, history and resources: Exchange Variation:    • Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation · Complete C...   Delayed Exchange:    • Ruy Lopez, Delayed Exchange Variation · Co...   Mackenzie Variation:    • Ruy Lopez, Mackenzie Variation · Complete ...   Tarrasch Variation:    • Ruy Lopez, Tarrasch Variation · Complete C...   Anderssen/Martinez variations:    • Ruy Lopez, Anderssen Variation · Complete ...   Worrall Attack:    • Ruy Lopez, Worrall (Wormald) Attack · Comp...   4.Bxc6, Exchange variation: Taking on c6 is the beginning of the Exchange Variation. Firstly, and most importantly, the Exchange Spanish avoids almost every surprise black can throw at white in the Spanish, and it avoids studying endless theory in the Closed Spanish lines, the Marshall, and sidelines for black. The only real alernative for black to a6, the Berlin, cannot be avoided. So if black plays Nf6 instead of a6, we have a separate major opening we have to study. 5/6.Bxc6, Delayed Exchange: It seems extremely paradoxical to lose a full tempo compared to the proper exchange. The main justification for this way of playing is that black has committed to Be7 and Nf6, leaving them with fewer options to defend the e5 pawn. So, compared to the normal 4.Bxc6, black cannot play f6, or would hve to lose a full tempo playing Bd6. 5.d4, Mackenzie variation: The Mackenzie variation was named after Scottish-American player George Mackenzie, who popularized it in the nineteenth century. He was undefeated with it, with 17 games and only 6 draws! This is a very unreasonable variation in my opinion. White will have to lose time to recapture the d4 pawn and black will have no issues dealing with white's activity. The reason the entite Mackenzie variation is dubious, is that the pawn cannot be recaptured due to a series of tempi that result in the a4 bishop being trapped. Once the queen is dragged out to d4, we can play c5, with tempo, and then b5 and c4, and the bishop is lost. So white must resort to ways of recapturing the pawn later on. 5.Nc3, Tarrasch variation: The Tarrasch his will most commonly end up transposing to 5.d3, the Anderssen at some point if white plays d3. But there are many unique lines. The most important feature of this system is that white is blocking the c-pawn, preventing the standard c3-d4 advance. Marin writes in his excellent Spanish Repertoire for black (https://chessreads.com/review/a-spani...) : "Curiously, this natural developing move is one of the most inoffensive at White's disposal. We are accustomed to the fact that in the Ruy Lopez developing should be tightly connected with consistent strategic plans, which is not the case with White's last move. The desirable occupation of the centre by means of c3 and d4 becomes problematic..." (Marin, 2007, 217) 5.d3, Anderssen variation: The move d3 shouldn't be viewed as a concrete variation but as a setup. White can choose to play d3 at any point between moves 5 and 10, often transposing. The Martinez Variation, which I will cover in a separate video, is just playing d3 on move 6. But we needn't bother studying it separatel, since same ideas can be applied to both. This slow way of playing is similar to the Steinitz with black, and, in fact, Steinitz used to play this with both colors. 5.Qe2, Worrall Attack: I should say that poor Worrall, whom the opening was named after, is best know for losing knight odds games to Morphy. But his idea of playing Qe2 remained respected and is still used today. The only problem is, was it really his idea? We have no proof of that. The opening was named after an American 19th century player, Thomas Herbert Worrall. He has never played this position though, as far as I know. So why was Qe2 contributed to him? Marin writes: "This variation has occasionally been employed by strong players, including World Champions Alekhine and Spassky. In 1992 Nigel Short created a sensation by twice defeating Anatoly Karpov in their Candidates semi-final match using the Worrall Attack. In recent years, Sergey Tiviakov has been the most fervent supporter of Qe2." (Marin 2007, 189) One of the main upsides of Qe2, both on moves 5 and 6 is that it leaves the d1 square free for the rook, and it also makes a4 advances on the queenside more effective. 0:00 Introduction 02:41 Exchange variation 14:20 Delayed Exchange 24:08 Mackenzie variation 32:14 Tarrasch variation 38:22 Anderssen variation 52:35 Worrall attack