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Hanging Pawns

Hanging Pawns' Spanish

Pre-made chess opening repertoire for Black

Made for Chessbook by Hanging Pawns.

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About this repertoire

A complete Spanish (Ruy Lopez) repertoire for Black, designed to be reliable and easy to play in real games. The focus is on sound 1...e5 structures, clear development schemes, and simple solutions against White's main plans and popular sidelines, so you get a coherent defense without needing engine-only precision.

What it looks like at your rating

Chessbook trims every repertoire to the moves opponents actually play at your level, so the same repertoire is a different size for a 1000 and a 2000. These numbers use the default coverage target of one game in 150; effectiveness and soundness are Chessbook's own scores, explained in the help pages.

Lichess rating Moves to learn Effectiveness Soundness
0-1000 7 19 / 100 96 / 100
1000-1200 11 16 / 100 89 / 100
1200-1400 15 14 / 100 89 / 100
1400-1600 14 15 / 100 91 / 100
1600-1800 13 14 / 100 90 / 100
1800-2000 20 16 / 100 90 / 100
2000-2200 29 16 / 100 87 / 100

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Questions about pre-made repertoires

Is Hanging Pawns' Spanish free?

Yes. Every pre-made repertoire on Chessbook is free to add. The free Starter plan holds up to 200 moves across your repertoires; Chessbook Pro removes the limit.

What happens when I add it?

The lines are copied into your own repertoire, trimmed to the positions that actually occur at your rating. From there you can edit any move, add lines from other sources, and drill everything with spaced repetition.

Can I combine it with my own Black openings?

Yes. A Chessbook repertoire is one tree per colour, so a pre-made repertoire sits alongside anything you add yourself and the coverage report treats them as one.

Train it with spaced repetition

Add the repertoire, set your rating, and Chessbook schedules every move until you never forget it.

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