Ruy Lopez
A practical, aggressive repertoire for White built around fast development and pressure on e5. Easy to learn, hard to meet.
Let's begin.
Press Learn to start, then play the moves yourself.
Play pawn to e4.
Variations in this course
Every line runs to a middlegame position with coach commentary at each fork. Playing White, you'll meet:
- 1
Berlin Defense
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 2
Classical Defense
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5
- 3
Schliemann Defense
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
Take it with you
Export this repertoire as a standard PGN — with the coach's notes as comments — to study it in Lichess, ChessBase, or any board you like. Sidelines are saved as PGN variations.
Related courses
More from the Open Games (1.e4 e5).
Vienna Gambit
Win a tempo, sac a pawn to open lines, and go straight after the king. Principled, coach-approved aggression.
Fried Liver Attack
Sacrifice the knight, drag the king into the open, and hunt it down. Pure attacking chess.
Philidor Defense
A compact, solid defense with ...d6 and ...e5. The Philidor is easy to learn and gives Black a sturdy, resilient setup against 1.e4.
Petrov Defense
The Petrov (Russian Defense) is Black's soundest, most symmetrical answer to 1.e4 — a favorite of elite players seeking rock-solid equality.