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Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation, Duras Variation
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5Nf64.d3d65.c4
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Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation, Duras Variation5.5k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
32%1.8k52%
32%1.7k48%
16%85244%
14%78451%
4%22252%
1.6%9059%
0.5%2552%
0%20%
0%275%
0%250%
Famous games in this line96 master games
Firouzja, Alireza (2723) – Fedoseev, Vl3 (2677)Wolff, Patrick G (2585) – Kaidanov, Gregory S (2640)Landa, Konstantin (2643) – Kharlov, Andrei (2581)Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (2599) – Stefansson, Hannes (2575)Preotu, Razvan (2524) – Durarbayli, V. (2620)Lu Shanglei (2606) – Zhao Jun (2538)Baklan, V. (2589) – Vovk, Y. (2555)Chiburdanidze, Maia (2555) – Torre, Eugenio (2555)Heroes of this opening Fedoseev, Vl3 · Kaidanov, Gregory S · Kharlov, Andrei · Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan
- Family
- Ruy Lopez
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C65
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c4
SolidClassical
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Ruy López de Segura was a Spanish priest whose 1561 book set out 3.Bb5 as a system; the move itself is already in the Göttingen manuscript, written around 1500. The 'Spanish torture' has been a world-championship battleground ever since: slow pressure, forever.
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