Answers.Body: <p>Russian Wikipedia says that Schliemann <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD,_%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84#%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_%D0%A8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_%E2%80%94_%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82" rel="nofollow noreferrer">was one of the first player who started to use Jaenisch Gambit in the Spanish Opening</a> (aka Ruy Lopez). That is why it is often called Schliemann defense. </p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>According to the section of the Wikipedia page on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_Lopez#Schliemann_Defence:_3...f5" rel="noreferrer">Ruy Lopez</a>, it's named after a German lawyer, Adolf Karl Wilhelm Schliemann (1817-1872), although it doesn't say why his name is attached to it. </p>
  
  <p>However, the German Wikipedia page on <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Schliemann" rel="noreferrer">Adolph Schliemann</a> (<a href="https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&amp;sl=de&amp;u=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Schliemann&amp;prev=search" rel="noreferrer">English translation</a>), indicates he was a strong master who contributed to the early theory of the line.</p>
  
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Body: <p>The Schliemann's Defence or Schliemann–Jaenisch Gambit refers to the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5.</p>
  
  <p>f5 is of course a gambit move by black typically known as the Jaenisch Gambit when white plays the Ruy Lopez scenario. Questions is: Who was Schliemann? Is the name referring to a person or is this some creative term?</p>
  
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Title: In the Schliemann defense, who does Schliemann refer to?
ThreadText: # In the Schliemann defense, who does Schliemann refer to?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-12)
  
  The Schliemann's Defence or Schliemann–Jaenisch Gambit refers to the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5.
  
  f5 is of course a gambit move by black typically known as the Jaenisch Gambit when white plays the Ruy Lopez scenario. Questions is: Who was Schliemann? Is the name referring to a person or is this some creative term?
  
  **Tags:** opening, gambits, ruy-lopez
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-12-13. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  According to the section of the Wikipedia page on the [Ruy Lopez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_Lopez#Schliemann_Defence:_3...f5), it's named after a German lawyer, Adolf Karl Wilhelm Schliemann (1817-1872), although it doesn't say why his name is attached to it.
  
  However, the German Wikipedia page on [Adolph Schliemann](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Schliemann) ([English translation](https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Schliemann&prev=search)), indicates he was a strong master who contributed to the early theory of the line.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-13. Score: 4
  
  Russian Wikipedia says that Schliemann [was one of the first player who started to use Jaenisch Gambit in the Spanish Opening](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD,_%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84#%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_%D0%A8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_%E2%80%94_%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82) (aka Ruy Lopez). That is why it is often called Schliemann defense.
  
  
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