Library/Openings/Ruy Lopez/Marshall Attack/Original Marshall Attack ECO C89
Opening· 22 plies

Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Original Marshall Attack

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C89), reached after 22 half-moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6.

Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Original Marshall Attack ECO C89
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About this opening

Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Original Marshall Attack is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C89. ECO group C (C00–C99) covers open games (1.e4 e5) and the French Defence, including the Ruy Lopez, Italian, Scotch and King's Gambit. This particular variation is reached after 22 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6.

It belongs to the Ruy Lopez family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Marshall Attack → Original Marshall Attack line). The immediate parent line is Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, transitioned via 11…Nf6.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 Nc6, 3.Bb5 a6, 4.Ba4 Nf6, 5.O-O Be7, 6.Re1 b5. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.