Caissa Codex
C83

Ruy Lopez: Open, Tarrasch Trap

Chess diagram: Ruy Lopez: Open, Tarrasch Trap after 13. Rxe4

Type a move and press Enter: e4, Nf3, O-O, or from and to squares like g1f3 (e7e8q to promote). The board is also played with the mouse.

Play any move on the board to explore from there, or step through the line with ‹ › and the arrow keys.

Statistics from Lichess

6 games: White 66.7% / Draw 0.0% / Black 33.3%

The moves played next. Pick one to see it on the board.
Next moveGamesWhite / Draw / BlackW / D / B
55
11

Rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, from the Lichess opening explorer, updated Oct 30, 2026

Engine evaluation

+6.56 White is clearly better

Best play: 13... Rad8 14. Re1 a5 15. Bc2 Bc5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 d4 18. Rd3

Stockfish 19, depth 30, after the line's last move. Scores are in pawns, from White's side.

Overview

Ruy Lopez: Open, Tarrasch Trap (ECO C83, Open Games) is a variation of the Ruy Lopez: Open, Classical Defense, reached after 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 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Rxe4 (13 moves).

In 6 rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, White won 66.7%, Black 33.3% and 0.0% were drawn. Black's most played move here is 13…Bc5, in 83% of those games. That is too few games for the percentages to mean much.

Written from the Lichess opening list and explorer. Know this line well? Write about it.

Write a description or report a mistake
What would you like to send?

Markdown supported (headings ###, bold, lists, links). Submissions are reviewed before publishing.

Other lines from the same position

Instead of 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Rxe4, the position after Ruy Lopez: Open, Classical Defense also goes on to:

Cite this page

Caissa Codex. “Ruy Lopez: Open, Tarrasch Trap (C83)”. Lichess data as of 30 Oct 2026. https://chesscodex.org/openings/ruy-lopez-open-tarrasch-trap

https://chesscodex.org/openings/ruy-lopez-open-tarrasch-trap