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Ruy Lopez — opening family

235 catalogued lines · ECO C60–C99

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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; any branch can be explored on the interactive tree and played against the engine from there.

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Main continuations

a6 · 153Nf6 · 37f5 · 9Bc5 · 8d6 · 6g6 · 4d5 · 3Bb4 · 2Nd4 · 2Nge7 · 2Be7 · 1Na5 · 1

All 235 lines

NameECOMain line length
Ruy LopezC605 plies
Ruy Lopez: Nürnberg VariationC606 plies
Ruy Lopez: Brentano GambitC606 plies
Ruy Lopez: Bulgarian VariationC606 plies
Ruy Lopez: Spanish CountergambitC606 plies
Ruy Lopez: Fianchetto DefenseC606 plies
Ruy Lopez: Rotary-Albany GambitC606 plies
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz DefenseC626 plies
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann DefenseC636 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy DefenseC706 plies
Ruy Lopez: Lucena VariationC606 plies
Ruy Lopez: Pollock DefenseC606 plies
Ruy Lopez: Retreat VariationC606 plies
Ruy Lopez: Vinogradov VariationC606 plies
Ruy Lopez: Alapin DefenseC606 plies
Ruy Lopez: Bird VariationC616 plies
Ruy Lopez: Classical VariationC646 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin DefenseC656 plies
Ruy Lopez: Cozio DefenseC606 plies
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz DefenseC627 plies
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Schönemann AttackC637 plies
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Dyckhoff VariationC637 plies
Ruy Lopez: Classical Variation, Spanish Wing GambitC647 plies
Ruy Lopez: Classical Variation, Central VariationC647 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin VariationC657 plies
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Exchange VariationC637 plies
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Jaenisch Gambit AcceptedC637 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin DefenseC657 plies
Ruy Lopez: Exchange VariationC687 plies
Ruy Lopez: Fianchetto Defense, Kevitz GambitC608 plies
Ruy Lopez: Halloween AttackC657 plies
Ruy Lopez: Classical Variation, Konikowski GambitC648 plies
Ruy Lopez: Classical Variation, Cordel GambitC648 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Schliemann Defense DeferredC708 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Fianchetto Defense DeferredC708 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Caro VariationC708 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz DefenseC718 plies
Ruy Lopez: Classical Variation, Charousek VariationC648 plies
Ruy Lopez: Classical Defense, Boden VariationC648 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation, Mortimer VariationC658 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Improved Steinitz DefenseC668 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Classical Defense DeferredC708 plies
Ruy Lopez: Bird's Defense DeferredC708 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Alapin's Defense DeferredC708 plies
Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense, Paulsen VariationC608 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Fishing Pole VariationC658 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Beverwijk VariationC658 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Cozio DefenseC708 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio Gambit AcceptedC678 plies
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Lutikov VariationC688 plies
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense, Semi-Duras VariationC629 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation, Duras VariationC659 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz DefenseC719 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz DefenseC749 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz DefenseC719 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz DefenseC729 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen VariationC779 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Jaffe GambitC779 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Mackenzie VariationC779 plies
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense, Center GambitC629 plies
Ruy Lopez: Classical Defense, Zaitsev VariationC649 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation, Kaufmann VariationC659 plies
Ruy Lopez: Classical Variation, Zukertort GambitC659 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Schliemann Defense Deferred, Jaenisch Gambit DeferredC709 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Wormald AttackC779 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Tarrasch VariationC779 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy DefenseC789 plies
Ruy Lopez: Spanish Countergambit, Harding Countergambit, Fricke GambitC609 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Nyholm AttackC659 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation, Anderssen VariationC659 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense, Siesta VariationC7410 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Bayreuth VariationC779 plies
Ruy Lopez: Spanish Countergambit, Harding GambitC609 plies
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Keres VariationC689 plies
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Normal VariationC699 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz DefenseC7510 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed Berlin Defense, Chigorin VariationC6610 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Graz VariationC7010 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Norwegian VariationC7010 plies
Ruy Lopez: Central CountergambitC7810 plies
Ruy Lopez: Brix VariationC7810 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz DeferredC7910 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation, Mortimer TrapC6510 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rosenthal VariationC6710 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Møller VariationC7810 plies
Ruy Lopez: ClosedC8410 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, l'Hermet VariationC6710 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio de Janeiro VariationC6710 plies
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Gligoric VariationC6910 plies
Ruy Lopez: OpenC8010 plies
Ruy Lopez: Alapin Defense, Alapin GambitC6010 plies
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Kostić DefenseC6310 plies
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Tartakower VariationC6310 plies
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, King's Bishop VariationC6910 plies
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Bronstein VariationC6910 plies
Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation, Paulsen VariationC6110 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Duras VariationC7711 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Center AttackC8411 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Martinez VariationC8411 plies
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense, Nimzowitsch AttackC6211 plies
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Romanovsky VariationC6811 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto VariationC7612 plies
Ruy Lopez: OpenC8011 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Morphy AttackC8411 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Worrall AttackC8611 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open Berlin Defense, Showalter VariationC6711 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Norwegian Variation, Nightingale GambitC7011 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz DefenseC7311 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Tartakower VariationC8011 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Knorre VariationC8011 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Delayed ExchangeC8511 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open Berlin Defense, l'Hermet VariationC6711 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Minckwitz VariationC6711 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz DefenseC7512 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy DefenseC7812 plies
Ruy Lopez: Classical Defense, Benelux VariationC6412 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Hedgehog VariationC6612 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Neo-Arkhangelsk VariationC7812 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Arkhangelsk VariationC7812 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Averbakh VariationC8712 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Closed Wolf VariationC6612 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Trifunovic VariationC6712 plies
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Alapin GambitC6912 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz DefenseC7312 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Skipworth GambitC8012 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Riga VariationC8012 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Wing AttackC7813 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Richter VariationC8013 plies
Ruy Lopez: Classical Variation, Modern Main LineC6413 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Closed Bernstein VariationC6613 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz DefenseC7413 plies
Ruy Lopez: OpenC8013 plies
Ruy Lopez: ClosedC8813 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Closed Showalter VariationC6613 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Friess AttackC8013 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Worrall Attack, Delayed Castling LineC8614 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Tarrasch TrapC6614 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Worrall Attack, Castling LineC8614 plies
Ruy Lopez: ClosedC8814 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Trajkovic CounterattackC8814 plies
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense Deferred, Lipnitsky VariationC7914 plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz DeferredC7914 plies
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Möhring VariationC6314 plies
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Classical VariationC6314 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation, Westerinen LineC6714 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Harksen GambitC8015 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Rosen AttackC8815 plies
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Alekhine VariationC6814 plies
Ruy Lopez: Exchange, Alekhine VariationC6814 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Basque GambitC8415 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Anti-MarshallC8815 plies
Ruy Lopez: OpenC8015 plies
Ruy Lopez: Wormald Attack, Grünfeld VariationC7716 plies
Ruy Lopez: Marshall AttackC8916 plies
Ruy Lopez: ClosedC9016 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Schlechter DefenseC8016 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Main LineC8016 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Zukertort VariationC8016 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Center Attack, Basque GambitC8416 plies
Ruy Lopez: Noah's Ark TrapC7116 plies
Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense, Tartakower GambitC6016 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Worrall Attack, Castling LineC8617 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Pilnik VariationC9017 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Suetin VariationC9017 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Yates VariationC9117 plies
Ruy Lopez: ClosedC9217 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Cordel VariationC6716 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Lutikov VariationC9017 plies
Ruy Lopez: OpenC8217 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell AttackC8117 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Smyslov DefenseC9318 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation, Berlin Wall DefenseC6716 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Bernstein VariationC8017 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Bogoljubow VariationC9118 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Zaitsev SystemC9218 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Kholmov VariationC9218 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Karpov VariationC9218 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Flohr SystemC9218 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer DefenseC9418 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin DefenseC9718 plies
Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Steiner VariationC8918 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Kecskemet VariationC7218 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Italian VariationC8218 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Berlin VariationC8218 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Classical DefenseC8318 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Zukertort VariationC6717 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Pillsbury VariationC6717 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Winawer AttackC6717 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Yates Variation, Short AttackC9119 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense, Quiet VariationC9419 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, BreyerC9519 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin DefenseC9619 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell AttackC8119 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Motzko AttackC8219 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Classical Defense, Main LineC8319 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Berlin WallC6718 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, St. Petersburg VariationC8219 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense, Gajewski GambitC9620 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin DefenseC9620 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Bernstein Variation, Luther LineC8019 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Berger VariationC8019 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense, Zaitsev HybridC9520 plies
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense Deferred, Boleslavsky VariationC7919 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Motzko Attack, Nenarokov VariationC8220 plies
Ruy Lopez: Marshall AttackC8920 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Classical DefenseC8320 plies
Ruy Lopez: Rabinovich VariationC7820 plies
Ruy Lopez: Noah's Ark TrapC8820 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Balla VariationC8821 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer DefenseC9521 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Karpov GambitC8021 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Borisenko VariationC9622 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Rossolimo DefenseC9622 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Keres DefenseC9622 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin DefenseC9722 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Malkin VariationC8321 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Breslau VariationC8322 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Dilworth VariationC8222 plies
Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Modern VariationC8922 plies
Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Original Marshall AttackC8922 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Smyslov-Breyer-Zaitsev HybridC9224 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin DefenseC9824 plies
Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Main LineC8923 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer DefenseC9524 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell Attack, Ekstrom VariationC8124 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin DefenseC9825 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Leonhardt VariationC8826 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense, Panov SystemC9925 plies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Tarrasch TrapC8325 plies
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio de Janeiro VariationC6726 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Alekhine GambitC8827 plies
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin, Yugoslav SystemC9728 plies
Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Re3 VariationC8927 plies
Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Modern Main LineC8928 plies
Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Main Line, Spassky VariationC8936 plies