Ruy Lopez

The Ruy Lopez, sometimes known as the Spanish Game, is a chess opening characterised by the moves (in algebraic notation):

References

• {{Book reference | Author=De Firmian, Nick | Title=Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14 | Publisher=Random House Puzzles & Games | Year=1999 | ID=ISBN 0-8129-3084-3}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Nunn, John (ed.), et al. | Title=Nunn's Chess Openings | Publisher=Everyman Chess | Year=1999 | ID=ISBN 1-8574-4221-0}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Kasparov, Garry, and Raymond Keene | Title=Batsford Chess Openings 2 | Year=1989, 1994 | Publisher=Henry Holt | ID=ISBN 0-8050-3409-9}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Hooper, David and Kenneth Whyld | Title=The Oxford Companion To Chess | Publisher=Oxford University | Year=1996 | ID=ISBN 0-19-280049-3}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Burgess, Graham | Title=The Mammoth Book of Chess | Publisher=Carroll & Graf | Year=2000 | ID=ISBN 0786707259}}