Ruy Lopez en · PROPN
Etymology
Named for Ruy López de Segura, a Spanish priest who wrote a book about chess openings in 1561.
Meanings
- A common chess opening, an Open Game characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5, in which White moves king's bishop to the fifth rank.
Synonyms
Spanish Opening · Spanish Game · Spanish Torture
Translations (10)
nl Spaans (a common chess opening) · de Spanische Partie (a common chess opening) · nl Spaanse opening (a common chess opening) · es apertura española (a common chess opening) · fr partie espagnole (a common chess opening) · de Spanisch (a common chess opening) · no spansk åpning (a common chess opening) · ru испа́нская па́ртия (a common chess opening) · de Spanische Eröffnung (a common chess opening) · pl partia hiszpańska (a common chess opening)