Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation

C67

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6

How it went

251 ours · 3,740 masters

White wins 27% Draws 56% Black wins 17%

Continuations

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Ruy Lopez: Open Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation C67 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 128 Ruy Lopez: Open Berlin Defense, Showalter Variation C67 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 8 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation, Westerinen Line C67 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Ne4 1 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation, Berlin Wall Defense C67 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 97

Master games

Caruana, Fabiano — Aronian, Levon 1-0 · 2012
Caruana, Fabiano — Giri, Anish 1/2-1/2 · 2021
Caruana, Fabiano — Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 · 2013
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime — Karjakin, Sergey 1/2-1/2 · 2021
Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal — Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2-1/2 · 2013

Games in Spain

Shirov,A (2658) — Dominguez Perez,L (2749) 1/2-1/2
Paragua,Megan Althea (2041) — Guerra Mendez,J (2484) 0-1
Martinez Ramirez,L (2459) — Bello Burguet,G (2004) 0-1
Valle Luis,Leo (2257) — Ambartsumova,K (2418) 1/2-1/2
Valle,Lu (2268) — Badelka,Olga (2416) 1-0
Estrada Nieto,J (2181) — Tekeyev,Z (2407) 1/2-1/2
Estrada Nieto,J (2261) — Golubka,P (2401) 0-1
Przybylski,W (2308) — Taboas Rodriguez,D (2368) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nf6 4 O-O Nxe4 5 d4 Nd6
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 Nf6 O-O Nxe4 d4 Nd6
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bb5, Nf6, O-O, Nxe4, d4, Nd6