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Tree path 13 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ruy Lopez › Morphy Defense › Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense › Ruy Lopez: Open › Ruy Lopez: Open › Ruy Lopez: Open › Ruy Lopez: Open › Main Line › Ruy Lopez: Open › Berlin Variation
  1. Chess Codex
  2. King's Pawn Game C20
  3. King's Knight Opening C40
  4. Normal Variation C44
  5. Ruy Lopez C60
  6. Morphy Defense C70
  7. Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense C78
  8. Ruy Lopez: Open C80
  9. Ruy Lopez: Open C80
  10. Ruy Lopez: Open C80
  11. Ruy Lopez: Open C80
  12. Main Line C80
  13. Ruy Lopez: Open C82
  14. Berlin Variation C82 you are here
C82

Ruy Lopez: Open, Berlin Variation

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Overview

Ruy Lopez: Open, Berlin Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C82.

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

It begins with 18 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Nc5 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Ruy Lopez: Open, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
C82
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
18
Parent
Ruy Lopez: Open

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Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Ruy Lopez: Open:

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