C65: Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6

Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence

C65 Sub-variants:

Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6

Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, Nyholm attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O

Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, Mortimer variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Ne7

Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, Mortimer trap
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Ne7 5. Nxe5 c6

Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, Anderssen variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. Bxc6+

Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, Duras variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c4

Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, Kaufmann variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3

Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, 4.O-O
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O

Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, Beverwijk variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5

Overview

Games on Database:

25944

Last Played:

Jul 2026

Overall score:

34.3%

44.6%

21%

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Played frequently by:

White
Viswanathan Anand	127 games
Maxime Vachier Lagrave	105 games
Fabiano Caruana	92 games

Black
Aleksej Aleksandrov	190 games
Vladimir Kramnik	150 games
Levon Aronian	133 games

Possible continuations:

4. O-O

15377

31.8 %

49.3 %

18.9 %

4. d3

7371

37.3 %

41.4 %

21.3 %

4. Nc3

1354

40.1 %

28.6 %

31.3 %

4. Qe2

886

38.7 %

33.6 %

27.7 %

4. d4

487

35.3 %

34.9 %

29.8 %

4. Bxc6

447

43.8 %

20.1 %

36 %

4. c3

26.7 %

20 %

53.3 %

4. Ba4

66.7 %

33.3 %