C77: Ruy Lopez, four knights (Tarrasch) variation

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3

Ruy Lopez, four knights (Tarrasch) variation

C77 Sub-variants:

Ruy Lopez, Morphy defence
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6

Ruy Lopez, four knights (Tarrasch) variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3

Ruy Lopez, Treybal (Bayreuth) variation (exchange var. deferred)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6

Ruy Lopez, Wormald (Alapin) attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2

Ruy Lopez, Wormald attack, Gruenfeld variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3 Bg4

Ruy Lopez, Anderssen variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3

Ruy Lopez, Morphy defence, Duras variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4

Overview

Games on Database:

1712

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

36.2%

33.4%

30.5%

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Played frequently by:

White
Georg Marco	21 games
Siegbert Tarrasch	19 games
Alexander Alekhine	12 games

Black
Mikhail Chigorin	10 games
Carl Schlechter	9 games
Max Euwe	9 games

Possible continuations:

5... b5

710

36.1 %

34.4 %

29.6 %

5... Bc5

326

37.4 %

31 %

31.6 %

5... Be7

246

29.3 %

37.8 %

32.9 %

5... d6

230

33.9 %

33.5 %

32.6 %

5... Bb4

128

46.9 %

25.8 %

27.3 %

5... Bd6

38.5 %

42.3 %

19.2 %

5... d5

54.5 %

45.5 %

5... Nd4

40 %

20 %

40 %

5... g6

50 %