Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Nc6/3. Bb5/3...a6/4. Ba4/4...Nf6/5. O-O/5...Nxe4/6. d4/6...b5/7. Bb3/7...d5/8. dxe5
| Open Spanish | |
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a b c d e f g h 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h | |
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) | |
| Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 | |
| ECO code: C80 | |
| Parent: Spanish game → Open Spanish → 7...d5 | |
8. dxe5
[edit | edit source]White recovers the pawn and exposes an attack on d5. Black must drop everything and defend the d-pawn.
8...Be6 is the best way. This defends the pawn, develops, and stabilises the centre.
For the sake of completeness, the other ways to defend the pawn are 8...Ne7 and 8...d4. Absolutely no Brownie points for either of these moves:
8...Ne7 is the Zukertort variation. This defends the pawn but doesn't develop a new piece and is slow. White can give up the bishop pair and still have a commanding position.
8...d4? is horrible. It pulls the rug out from under the e4-knight while not particularly improving the pawns condition. 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Ng5! with the idea of Qf3, and even winning the bishop pair is not enough to keep Black in the game.
Theory table
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2. f4
King's gambit
King's gambit
2...exf4
Accepted
Accepted
Other
Declined
Declined
2. Nc3
Vienna
Vienna
Other
1. e4 other
2. c4 other
2. other:
1. d4 ...other:
Flank
Unorthodox