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Tree path 14 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 › Italian Variation › Ruy Lopez: Open, Motzko Attack
  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. Italian Variation C82
  15. Ruy Lopez: Open, Motzko Attack C82 you are here
C82

Ruy Lopez: Open, Motzko Attack

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Overview

Ruy Lopez: Open, Motzko Attack 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.

Play reaches this position via 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 Bc5 10. Qd3, after 19 plies of opening development.

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

It continues primarily into one named line, Nenarokov Variation.

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ECO code
C82
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
19
Parent
Ruy Lopez: Open, Italian Variation
Direct variations
1

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Statistics from Lichess

1,156 games · White 54.8% / Draw 9.3% / Black 35.9%

MovesGamesW / D / B
O-O969
Bb635
Qd734
f629
Nxf215
Ne714
Na513
Be713

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 03:23:27

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Variations (1)

Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Ruy Lopez: Open, Italian Variation:

https://chesscodex.org/openings/ruy-lopez-open-motzko-attack