Opening guide
Ruy Lopez (C60) — win rates at club level
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5, playing as white — data from 25,576,017 Lichess blitz & rapid games at 1600-1800.
The position
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How it scores at your rating
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| Rating band | Games | White / draw / Black | Score for white |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1600-1800 | 25,576,017 | 51.5% / 4.4% / 44.1% | 53.7% |
| 1400-1600 | 27,833,799 | 51.2% / 4.2% / 44.5% | 53.3% |
| 1800-2000 | 18,863,464 | 51.5% / 4.9% / 43.6% | 53.9% |
| 2000+ | 13,954,477 | 49.8% / 6.3% / 43.9% | 52.9% |
What black actually plays next
Top replies at 1600-1800:
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| Move | Games | Played | Win / draw / loss |
|---|---|---|---|
| d6 (Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense) | 7,069,360 | 27.6% | 42.9% / 4.9% / 52.1% |
| a6 (Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense) | 6,076,870 | 23.8% | 44.8% / 4.6% / 50.6% |
| Nf6 (Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense) | 4,032,845 | 15.8% | 43.3% / 4.3% / 52.4% |
| Bc5 (Ruy Lopez: Classical Variation) | 3,211,653 | 12.6% | 46.0% / 4.0% / 50.1% |
| Nge7 (Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense) | 1,563,000 | 6.1% | 44.2% / 4.3% / 51.5% |
| Nd4 (Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation) | 1,462,382 | 5.7% | 45.1% / 3.9% / 51.0% |
Common mistakes at 1600-1800
- d6 is played in 27.6% of games here but scores only 45.4% for black. After d6, d4 is the most common answer and scores 56.5% for white.
- Nf6 is played in 15.8% of games here but scores only 45.4% for black.
Model games
Real games from the Lichess masters database.
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| White | Black | Result | Year | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlsen, M. (2882) | Caruana, F. (2818) | ½-½ | 2019 | View game |
| Caruana, F. (2818) | Carlsen, M. (2882) | 1-0 | 2019 | View game |
| Caruana, Fabiano (2835) | Carlsen, Magnus (2863) | ½-½ | 2020 | View game |
| Caruana, Fabiano (2835) | Carlsen, Magnus (2863) | ½-½ | 2020 | View game |
| Caruana, F. (2819) | Carlsen, M. (2875) | ½-½ | 2019 | View game |
Recent club games in this line
Recent rated games at 1600-1800 — not model games, just what actually happens at that rating.
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| White | Black | Result | Year | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| alejandrogonzalezbv (1655) | karthimayan (1621) | 0-1 | 2026 | View game |
| Ggino (1792) | MaksimMalakhov (1783) | 1-0 | 2026 | View game |
| tarek1979x (1621) | ken4849 (1694) | 0-1 | 2026 | View game |
| termotermik (1654) | Monney1967 (1718) | 1-0 | 2026 | View game |
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