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Hanging Pawns

Hanging Pawns' Spanish

Pre-made chess opening repertoire for White

Made for Chessbook by Hanging Pawns.

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About this repertoire

A complete Spanish (Ruy Lopez) repertoire for White built around principled main lines and repeatable plans, aimed at players who want strong positions without memorizing endless variations. It covers the major Black setups and the most common sidelines, so you can focus on understanding structures, typical manoeuvres, and when to play for tactics versus long-term pressure.

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 32 34 / 100 80 / 100
1000-1200 35 36 / 100 81 / 100
1200-1400 36 35 / 100 80 / 100
1400-1600 34 29 / 100 77 / 100
1600-1800 33 23 / 100 73 / 100
1800-2000 37 16 / 100 72 / 100
2000-2200 38 6 / 100 64 / 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 White 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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