Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation

C61

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4

How it went

26 ours · 301 masters

White wins 46% Draws 15% Black wins 39%

Continuations

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Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation, Paulsen Variation C61 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Ne7

Master games

Saric, Ivan — Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 · 2014
Kasparov, Garry — Khalifman, Alexander 1/2-1/2 · 2002
Kasparov, Garry — Khalifman, Alexander 1-0 · 2002
Caruana, Fabiano — Fish, Gennadij 1-0 · 2015
Harikrishna, Pentala — Dambacher, Martijn 1-0 · 2016

Games in Spain

Martinez Exposito, Sergio — Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos (2600) 0-1
Ibarra Jerez,JC (2563) — Kula,R (2284) 1-0
Castella Garcia,F (2328) — Kaczur,F (2497) 0-1
Kovchan,A (2482) — Caparros Fernandez,X (1753) 1-0
Sarkar,J (2289) — Camacho Collados,M (2474) 0-1
Lopez Rayo,Santiago (2306) — Larino Nieto,D (2466) 0-1
Lacasa Diaz,J (2304) — Sturt,R (2459) 0-1
Koniahli,Malek (2333) — Gamez Matamoros,Andres (2120) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nd4
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 Nd4
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bb5, Nd4