Tree path 8 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ruy Lopez › Berlin Defense › Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense › Rio Gambit Accepted › Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio de Janeiro Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Ruy Lopez C60
- Berlin Defense C65
- Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense C65
- Rio Gambit Accepted C67
- Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio de Janeiro Variation C67 you are here
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio de Janeiro Variation
Overview
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio de Janeiro 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.
The line arises from 10 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7.
It is a variation of Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio Gambit Accepted, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It is the root of 7 named variations, with Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Cordel Variation, Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Minckwitz Variation, Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Pillsbury Variation, and others among the most studied.
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- ECO code
- C67
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 10
- Direct variations
- 7
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Variations (7)
- C67 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Cordel Variation
- C67 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Minckwitz Variation
- C67 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Pillsbury Variation
- C67 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio de Janeiro Variation
- C67 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Trifunovic Variation
- C67 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Winawer Attack
- C67 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Zukertort Variation