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When should white push d4-d5 in the Ruy Lopez?
Obviously d4-d5 in your game was not successful even if you could have defended better afterwards (e.g. 11.Be3 comes to mind, to counter the beast bishop on b6).
d4-d5 is a double edge move, gaining ...
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