My Slow Spanish Squeeze
6.d3 · sung from White's side
Verse 1
Pawn to e4, knight to f3 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
His e-pawn holds, he waits for me
Bishop to b5, pawn to d3 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3
He pushes b5, I drop to b3 6...b5 7.Bb3
Chorus
Bishop to b5, pawn to d3 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3
Slow Spanish, that's the game for me
Pawn to c3, pawn to h3 6...b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3
Keep it closed, squeeze slow and easy
Verse 2
Rook to e1, bishop to c2 6...b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7 10.Re1 Na5 11.Bc2
He plays c5, knight to d2 11...c5 12.Nbd2
Knight to f1, knight to g3 12...Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3
Don't push d4 till my knights are free
His bishop eyes e4, it won't get through
Chorus
Bishop to b5, pawn to d3 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3
Slow Spanish, that's the game for me
Pawn to c3, pawn to h3 6...b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3
Keep it closed, squeeze slow and easy
Bridge
My d-pawn dreams of d4, you know
Calmest line the whole book knows
Most games end in a handshake slow
Queens stay on, his e-pawn holds the flow
Chorus
Bishop to b5, pawn to d3 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3
Slow Spanish, that's the game for me
Pawn to c3, pawn to h3 6...b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3
Keep it closed, squeeze slow and easy
Outro
Pawn to d3, I play it slow 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3
Closed centre, all you need to know
The song is built on what the data says about 6.d3: it is the calmest and least endgame-prone entry in the catalog (only two in a hundred master games have the queens off by move twenty), its centre stays closed, Black answers with b5 three times in four, and White's whole plan is the knight walk d2–f1–g3 with the d4 break held in reserve — hum the chorus and you have the moves and the idea.