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RUY LOPEZ - Classical Defence
The Cordel Variation
White pushed his QBPawn out to counter Black's dominance of his Q4(d4), planning a 5.P-Q4 fork.
Black's King's Bishop's Pawn advance to KB4(f5) counter-attacks White's KP. German author Oscar Cordel (1843-1913) analysed many lines. B-Alt.
	White	Black
 1.	P-K4	P-K4
 2.	Kt-KB3	Kt-QB3
 3.	B-Kt5	B-B4
 4.	P-B3	P-B4
WHITE to Move or Undo or Jump or Clear
 
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