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C67

Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation

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Overview

Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C67.

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

It begins with 10 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 to reach the canonical position.

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

It branches into 4 notable variations — Berlin Wall Defense, Westerinen Line, Ruy Lopez: Open Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation, and others.

Together the deeper variations number 5 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
C67
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
10
Parent
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio Gambit Accepted
Direct variations
4
Total in subtree
5

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Variations (4)

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