Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Nc6/3. Bb5/3...f5/4. Nc3/4...fxe4/5. Nxe4/5...d5/6. Nxe5/6...dxe4/7. Nxc6/7...Qd5/8. c4/8...Qd6/9. Nxa7/9...Bd7/10. Bxd7/10...Qxd7/11. Qh5

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< Chess Opening Theory‎ | 1. e4‎ | 1...e5‎ | 2. Nf3‎ | 2...Nc6‎ | 3. Bb5‎ | 3...f5‎ | 4. Nc3‎ | 4...fxe4‎ | 5. Nxe4‎ | 5...d5‎ | 6. Nxe5‎ | 6...dxe4‎ | 7. Nxc6‎ | 7...Qd5‎ | 8. c4‎ | 8...Qd6‎ | 9. Nxa7‎ | 9...Bd7‎ | 10. Bxd7‎ | 10...Qxd7
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Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defence
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black kingc8 black kingd8 black kinge8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 white knightb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black queene7 black kingf7 black kingg7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 black kingf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 white queen5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 white pawnd4 black kinge4 black pawnf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 black kingd2 white pawne2 black kingf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 black kingc1 white bishopd1 black kinge1 white kingf1 black kingg1 black kingh1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h
Common moves:
11...g6 - only move

All of Black's moves in this position look terrible! 11...Qf7?? runs into 12.Qb5+. Moving the king out to e7 also loses at least a pawn to 12.Qe5+. The computer recommends 11...Kd8 as the least bad option, although White could then swing the queen over to a5 threatening Nc6+ and so forcing the king straight back to e8, while potentially saving a tempo by not having to move the knight immediately.

So the modern, active way of defending this position as Black is with 11...g6!? It doesn't sacrifice a whole rook, "only" an exchange, because White hasn't got time to capture on h8 and also save the knight.