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The Tarrasch Variation in the Ruy Lopez, 5.Nc3: theory, strategy and resources. Annotated Ruy Lopez repertoires: https://www.patreon.com/posts/spanish-opening-150080716? Here's what I use to learn openings: https://chessbook.com/hanging-pawns Practice my Spanish repertoire against a sparring partner: https://go.noctie.ai/ruy-lopez-black Sort books on the Spanish by specific variation: https://chessreads.com/spanish-opening Learn the basics of the Ruy Lopez here: https://youtu.be/tiGEerTU6ms The Tarrasch Variation is an alternative to the Closed Ruy Lopez, Open Ruy Lopez or the Archangel white has at their disposal on move five. It's one of the sidelines they can play along with the Worrall, Anderssen, and thus avoid the main line 0-0. The Tarrasch his will most commonly end up transposing to 5.d3, the Anderssen at some point if white plays d3. But there are many unique lines. The most important feature of this system is that white is blocking the c-pawn, preventing the standard c3-d4 advance. Marin writes in his excellent Spanish Repertoire for black (https://chessreads.com/review/a-spanish-repertoire-for-black-book-review/) : "Curiously, this natural developing move is one of the most inoffensive at White's disposal. We are accustomed to the fact that in the Ruy Lopez developing should be tightly connected with consistent strategic plans, which is not the case with White's last move. The desirable occupation of the centre by means of c3 and d4 becomes problematic..." (Marin, 2007, 217) 0:00 Introduction to the Tarrasch and the available resources for further study 02:57 History the Tarrasch Variation 20:04 Strategy and Basics of the Tarrasch Variation 26:14 Theory of the Tarrasch Variation