CLEARANCE - The Arkhangelsk Variation of the Ruy Lopez - Volume 1 Luxury Chess Pieces you need to be ready

you need to be ready to tackle whatever your opponent comes up with and steer the game in the direction that suits you best

as well as teach you how you can exploit your opponent’s mistakes

- Ruy Lopez - Neo-Steinitz Variation 4

Understanding the Concepts of the Middlegame based upon Opening Strategy - Vol

CLEARANCE - The Arkhangelsk Variation of the Ruy Lopez - Volume 1 Luxury Chess Pieces you need to be readyWith his last two moves, Black has deviated from the usual lines encountered in the Ruy Lopez: the Open Defense with 5 Ne4 and the Closed Defense with 5 Be7. The tournament infancy of this maneuver dates back to the 1950's and perhaps earlier (cf. Krogius Minev, Leningrad 1958). However, the litmus test occured at the Gorki Team Championship in 1963 when the players from the northeastern Russian seaport of Arkhangelsk "sprung" their curious innovation