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C65

Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation, Mortimer Variation

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Overview

Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation, Mortimer Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C65.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It begins with 8 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Ne7 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation, Mortimer Trap.

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ECO code
C65
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
8
Parent
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation
Direct variations
1

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