Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio de Janeiro Variation

C67

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7

How it went

2 ours · 251 masters

White wins 50% Draws 50% Black wins 0%

Continuations

6

Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Minckwitz Variation C67 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. dxe5 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Trifunovic Variation C67 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 d5 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Cordel Variation C67 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nf5 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Pillsbury Variation C67 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. b3 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Winawer Attack C67 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nd4 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Zukertort Variation C67 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. c4

Master games

Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2017
Anand, Viswanathan — Timman, Jan H 1-0 · 1999
Anand, Viswanathan — Piket, Jeroen 1/2-1/2 · 1999
Topalov, Veselin — Morozevich, Alexander 1/2-1/2 · 2005
Wei, Yi — Rapport, Richard 1/2-1/2 · 2019

Games in Spain

Moll Pons, Jana (1959) — Torrents Busquet, Foix (1894) 1/2-1/2
Iglesias Marti, Francesc (1861) — Koehler, Wilhelm (1821) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nf6 4 O-O Nxe4 5 d4 Be7
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 Nf6 O-O Nxe4 d4 Be7
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bb5, Nf6, O-O, Nxe4, d4, Be7