Openings / C88
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Anti-Marshall
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
- Evaluation
- +0.24 (White's view)
- Black to move, best
- b5b4
- Main line
- b5b4 d2d3 d7d6 a4a5 c8e6
- Depth
- 24, Stockfish 17
- FEN
- r1bq1rk1/2ppbppp/p1n2n2/1p2p3/P3P3/1B3N2/1PPP1PPP/RNBQR1K1 b - - 0 8
8.a4 sidesteps the Marshall gambit (8.c3 d5). Black usually plays 8...b4 or 8...Bb7, and the game stays a slow Ruy Lopez middlegame.
Get this from the API
curl -s https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $STOCKFISH_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"fen":"r1bq1rk1/2ppbppp/p1n2n2/1p2p3/P3P3/1B3N2/1PPP1PPP/RNBQR1K1 b - - 0 8","depth":24,"multipv":3}'const res = await fetch("https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval", {
method: "POST",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.STOCKFISH_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"fen": "r1bq1rk1/2ppbppp/p1n2n2/1p2p3/P3P3/1B3N2/1PPP1PPP/RNBQR1K1 b - - 0 8",
"depth": 24,
"multipv": 3
}),
});
const data = await res.json();import os, requests
r = requests.post(
"https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['STOCKFISH_API_KEY']}"},
json={
"fen": "r1bq1rk1/2ppbppp/p1n2n2/1p2p3/P3P3/1B3N2/1PPP1PPP/RNBQR1K1 b - - 0 8",
"depth": 24,
"multipv": 3
},
)
data = r.json()Related openings
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