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Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense

ECO C65 · 13,579 games · White to move

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6
48% White13% Draw39% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
O-O6,53848.1%Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense C65
d33,80228.0%Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation C65
Bxc61,55711.5%
Nc31,1178.2%Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation C48
Qe22051.5%
d41821.3%
c31240.9%

A further 54 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4King's Pawn Game 1... e5King's Knight Opening 2. Nf3King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation 2... Nc6Ruy Lopez 3. Bb5Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense 3... Nf6

Other lines in this family

Berlin DefenseC65… 4. O-O6,538Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin VariationC65… 4. d33,802Berlin Defense, Beverwijk VariationC65… 4. O-O Bc52,531Berlin Defense, Rio Gambit AcceptedC67… 4. O-O Nxe42,531Berlin Defense, Improved Steinitz DefenseC66… 4. O-O d62,302Classical Variation, Zukertort GambitC65… 4. O-O Bc5 5. c31,270Berlin Defense, l'Hermet VariationC67… 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6740Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation, Berlin Wall DefenseC67… 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8492Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation, Mortimer VariationC65… 4. d3 Ne7100Berlin Defense, Berlin WallC67… 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd799

All 94 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.