tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57726894266049739.post8750201189068710709..comments2024-03-26T09:37:10.506-07:00Comments on Chess Skills: Ruy Lopez!James Stripeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437334325501974461noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57726894266049739.post-25483091052165592952011-03-11T06:04:16.171-08:002011-03-11T06:04:16.171-08:00Thanks for the correction, Hank. After 1.e4 c5 2.N...Thanks for the correction, Hank. After 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 (not White's only continuation, but the best and most popular), Black's third most popular choice 2...e6 has fewer games than the Ruy Lopez. Both 2...d6 (nearly three hundred thousand games) and 2...Nc6 (more than a quarter million) are more popular than the Spanish.James Stripeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437334325501974461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57726894266049739.post-70712074246470815692011-03-11T03:18:16.915-08:002011-03-11T03:18:16.915-08:00Do you consider the Sicilian Defense to be "a...Do you consider the Sicilian Defense to be "an opening" or a system of many different openings (Najdorf, Dragon, etc)? There are definitely more Sicilian games played than Ruy Lopez games, but the Ruy may beat out any particular named variety of Sicilian.<br /><br />--HankUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05304202835389735414noreply@blogger.com