Ruy Lopez for the tournament player - A Complete White Repertoire against the Marshall, Berlin & Co Chess Opening Training App for Download

Ruy Lopez for the tournament player -
A Complete White Repertoire against the Marshall, Berlin & Co 
by Jana Schneider

This chess opening training video course provides a comprehensive and practical White repertoire in the Ruy Lopez! Through instructive model games and in-depth theoretical explanations, you will learn how to confidently handle both main lines and sidelines.

The Ruy-Lopez is one of the most strategically rich and versatile openings in chess. White aims to control the center with c3 and d4, gaining space and dictating play. This approach allows for dynamic plans on both flanks and deep maneuvering battles. This course covers not only the classical main lines, but also presents effective ways to counter the Marshall Gambit and the Berlin Defense.

With interactive training tools, your learning experience becomes even more effective:
✔ Opening Trainer – Master move orders with an engaging quiz-style approach!
✔ Middlegame Training – Play out typical positions to internalize key plans!
✔ Tactical Exercises – Reinforce and test your knowledge of essential motifs!

Whether you're new to the Ruy Lopez or an experienced tournament player, this course will help you build a solid and battle-ready repertoire!

That's what the FritzTrainer App can do for you:

• Videos can run in the Fritztrainer app or in the ChessBase program with board graphics, notation and a large function bar
• Analysis engine can be switched on at any time
• Video pause for manual navigation and analysis in game notation
• Input of your own variations, engine analysis, with storage in the game
• Learn variations: view specific lines in the ChessBase WebApp Opening with autoplay, memorize variations and practise transformation (initial position - final position).
• Active opening training: selected opening positions are transferred to the ChessBase WebApp Fritz-online. In a match against Fritz you test your new knowledge and actively play the new opening.

Even more possibilities:

• Start FritzTrainer in the ChessBase program!
• The database with all games and analyses can be opened directly.
• Games can be easily added to the opening reference.
• Direct evaluation with game reference, games can be replayed on the analysis board
• Your own variations are saved and can be added to the own repertoire
• Replay training
• LiveBook active
• All engines installed in ChessBase can be started for the analysis
• Assisted Analysis
• Print notation and diagrams (for worksheets)

Contents

Introduction
Introduction
Overview
Main Line: Chigorin Variation 9.h3 Na5
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5
Game 1: Karpov - Unzicker, 1974 - 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 14.d5 Nd8 14.a4 Rb8
Game 2: Karpov - Unzicker, 1975 - 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 Rfe8 14.d5 Nb7
Game 3: Fischer - Keres, 1962 - 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Nbd2
Theory 1: 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7/cxd4
Theory 2: 11...Qc7 12.d5 Bd7/Nc4/c4
Theory 3: 12...Bd7 13.b3 Nb7 14.Nbd2 g6 15.Nf1 Nh5 16.Bh6 Rfe8
Practice Positions
Repertoire Training
Exercises
Main Line: Breyer Variation 9.h3 Nb8
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8
Game 1: Fischer - Spassky, 1992 - 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6
Game 2: Schneider - Koepke, 2022 - 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 c5 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 Bf8 14.Bg5 h6
Theory 1: 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6
Theory 2: 15.Bg5 h6/c5/Bg7
Theory 3: 15...h6 16.Bd2 Bg7 17.a4
Practice Positions
Repertoire Training
Exercises
Main Line: Zaitsev Variation 9.h3 Bb7
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7
Game: Schneider - Rusche, 2023 - 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.d5 Nb8
Theory: 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 13.d5
Practice Positions
Repertoire Training
Exercises
Late Deviations
Theory: 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5; 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nd7
Repertoire Training
Marshall Attack
Marshall Attack: 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
Game: Reimann - Schneider, 2024 - 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4
Theory Anti-Marshall 1: 8.a4
Theory Anti-Marshall 2: 8.h3
Repertoire Training