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C80

Ruy Lopez: Open

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Overview

Ruy Lopez: Open is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C80.

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 15 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5.

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

It branches into 2 notable variations — Main Line, Zukertort Variation.

Together the deeper variations number 20 across the full subtree.

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ECO code: C80
Group: Open Games (C)
Plies: 15
Parent: Ruy Lopez: Open
Direct variations: 2
Total in subtree: 20

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Statistics from Lichess

152,315 games · White 47.4% / Draw 7.5% / Black 45.1%

Moves	Games	W / D / B
Be6	147,504
Bc5	2,455
Bg4	933
Be7	709
Nc5	244
Ne7	143
Nxe5	88
d4	80

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 03:06:26

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Variations (2)

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Variations (2)

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