Tree path 9 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ruy Lopez › Morphy Defense › Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense › Ruy Lopez: Closed › Ruy Lopez: Closed › Alekhine Gambit
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Alekhine Gambit
Overview
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Alekhine Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C88, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
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 27 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Bg4 13. Ne3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3.
The line refines Ruy Lopez: Closed, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C88
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 27
- Parent
- Ruy Lopez: Closed
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Statistics from Lichess
21 games · White 38.1% / Draw 14.3% / Black 47.6%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| cxd4 | 19 | |
| Rfc8 | 1 | |
| Rac8 | 1 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 03:32:03
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