Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Tartakower Variation

C63

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6

How it went

21 ours · 216 masters

White wins 48% Draws 24% Black wins 28%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Movsesian, Sergei — Aronian, Levon 0-1 · 2010
Karjakin, Sergey — Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2 · 2011
Anand V — Sokolov, Ivan 1/2-1/2 · 2013
Kramnik, Vladimir — Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2 · 2007
Dominguez Perez, Leinier — Naroditsky, Daniel 1/2-1/2 · 2021

Games in Spain

Garrido Outon,Alex (2373) — Vallejo Pons,F (2710) 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A (2665) — Ingebretsen,Jens E (2407) 0-1
Shirov,A (2665) — Tanenbaum,Zachary (2233) 1-0
Belov,Alexe (2421) — Shirov,A (2665) 1/2-1/2
Valiyev,Shahin (2235) — Shirov,A (2665) 1/2-1/2
Belov,Alexe (2421) — Shirov,A (2660) 0-1
Gormally,D (2421) — Shirov,A (2660) 0-1
Popov,Konstantin (2386) — Shirov,A (2660) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 f5 4 Nc3 fxe4 5 Nxe4 Nf6
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 f5 Nc3 fxe4 Nxe4 Nf6
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bb5, f5, Nc3, fxe4, Nxe4, Nf6