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RUY LOPEZ - Close Morphy Defence
Black's QP push to defend his KP freed his QB+QKt.
White's QBP push out to QB3(c3) supports 9.P-Q4 (for a strong KP+QP centre), avoids a famous 8.P-Q4 trap and gives his light bishop a flight square in case of 8..Kt-QR4(a5). W-Alt.
    White  Black	White  Black
 1. P-K4   P-K4      6.	R-K1   P-QKt4
 2. Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3    7.	B-Kt3  P-Q3
 3. B-Kt5  P-QR3     8.	P-B3
 4. B-R4   Kt-B3
 5. 0-0    B-K2	  Transp.from Archangel

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When castling always touch the king first
Under FIDE laws of chess, if a player deliberately touches a rook and then his king, he is not allowed to castle on that side on that move but must still move the rook if legally possible.

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