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C82: Ruy Lopez, open, Italian variation

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5

Ruy Lopez, open, Italian variation

C82 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 1335
Last Played: Apr 2026
Overall score:
35.9% 35.4% 28.8%

Played frequently by:

White  
Anatoly Karpov 10 games
Ljubomir Ljubojevic 10 games
Andrei Sokolov 8 games
Black  
Artur Jussupow 17 games
Jan H Timman 13 games
Viktor Korchnoi 12 games

Possible continuations:

10. Nbd2  877
34.7 % 35.2 % 30.1 %
10. Qd3  206
40.3 % 42.2 % 17.5 %
10. Qe2  150
44 % 34 % 22 %
10. Bc2  38
28.9 % 23.7 % 47.4 %
10. Bf4  30
26.7 % 16.7 % 56.7 %
10. a4  21
33.3 % 33.3 % 33.3 %
10. Nd4  6
33.3 % 66.7 %
10. Be3  3
100 %
10. h3  3
33.3 % 66.7 %