Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ruy Lopez › Schliemann Defense › Dyckhoff Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Ruy Lopez C60
- Schliemann Defense C63
- Dyckhoff Variation C63 you are here
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Dyckhoff Variation
Overview
Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Dyckhoff Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C63.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It begins with 7 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 4 notable variations — Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Classical Variation, Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Kostić Defense, Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Möhring Variation, and others.
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- ECO code
- C63
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 7
- Direct variations
- 4
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Statistics from Lichess
303,473 games · White 48.1% / Draw 5.3% / Black 46.6%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| fxe4 | 168,559 | |
| Nf6 | 83,569 | |
| d6 | 30,098 | |
| Bc5 | 5,584 | |
| Nd4 | 5,419 | |
| Bb4 | 3,167 | |
| a6 | 2,520 | |
| f4 | 1,939 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:40:43
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