Not gambiting against amateur | Neiksans – Mitskevich | Rapid chess

GM Neiksans plays amateur player. Ruy Lopez meant to be a longer game and grandmaster doesn;t try to win with gambit or something similar.

Arturs Neiksans – Mitskevich Yauheniya

Sigulda 2019
Ruy Lopez defence

Smyslov Defence: 3…g6
The Smyslov Defence, Fianchetto Defence, Barnes Defence, or Pillsbury Defence (part of ECO C60), 3…g6, is a quiet positional system played occasionally by Vasily Smyslov and Boris Spassky, becoming popular in the 1980s when it was shown that 4.c3 a6! gives Black a good game.

It was later discovered that 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 gives White the advantage, and as such the variation is rarely played today. An interesting gambit line 4.d4 exd4 5.c3 has also been recommended by Alexander Khalifman, although some of the resulting positions have yet to be extensively tested.

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