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:

25039

Last Played:

Mar 2025

Overall score:

34.7%

43.9%

21.4%

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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

14886

32.4 %

48.3 %

19.3 %

4. d3

6981

37.5 %

40.8 %

21.7 %

4. Nc3

1343

40.3 %

28.3 %

31.4 %

4. Qe2

882

38.9 %

33.6 %

27.6 %

4. d4

481

35.3 %

34.7 %

29.9 %

4. Bxc6

444

44.1 %

19.8 %

36 %

4. c3

26.7 %

20 %

53.3 %

4. Ba4

66.7 %

33.3 %