The Ridiculous Ruy Lopez Opening: Marshall Attack, Modern, Main Line, Spassky Variation

This is perhaps the longest variation of opening theory I've ever seen. It's called "Ruy Lopez Opening: Marshall Attack, Modern, Main Line, Spassky Variation" and only occurs after 19 moves.

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pretty sure i saw this in a yt vid

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How about the Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Meran, Blumenfeld, Sozin, Ståhlberg Variation?

I suspect there are longer opening variations, but this (the Spassky) is definitely the longest that I have seen.

OP: "This is perhaps the longest variation of opening theory I´ve ever seen"

Botvinnik Semislav: "Hold my beer"

Well this variation goes 18 moves just short: Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Poisoned Pawn Variation Accepted, 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Be2 h5 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Nxf6 

That is the name of the variation here are the moves on a board:

This I believe is the 2nd longest named variation on Chess.com

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Here is another very loooong variation from the Grünfeld Defense:

This is called:

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange, Spassky, Main Line, Sokolsky Variation, 14...Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. Bh6

This I believe is the 3rd longest named variation on chess.com. Please correct me if I'm wrong! Also what is up with Spassky being in all these long variations?!

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