Lopez did not gain widespread popularity until the mid-19th century, when Finnish-Russian theoretician Carl Jaenisch published a detailed article on 1.e4 e5 in the December 1847 issue of Le Palamède, the world's first chess periodical. An abridged version appeared in the Chess Player's Chronicle in 1848, followed by a supplementary article in the same publication in 1849.

The Ruy Lopez has long been regarded