C61: Ruy Lopez, Bird's defence

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4

Ruy Lopez, Bird's defence

C61 Sub-variants:

Ruy Lopez, Bird's defence
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4

Ruy Lopez, Bird's defence, Paulsen variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Ne7

Overview

Games on Database:

2492

Last Played:

Mar 2025

Overall score:

49.1%

24.2%

26.7%

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Played frequently by:

White
Efim Geller	6 games
Garry Kasparov	5 games
Szymon Winawer	5 games

Black
Jiri Jirka	96 games
Marat Burakovsky	26 games
Henry Edward Bird	24 games

Possible continuations:

4. Nxd4

2082

49.5 %

24.6 %

25.8 %

4. Bc4

260

45.8 %

23.5 %

30.8 %

4. Ba4

109

49.5 %

19.3 %

31.2 %

4. Nc3

21

52.4 %

19 %

28.6 %

4. Be2

9

55.6 %

33.3 %

4. Nxe5

5

40 %

60 %

4. O-O

3

33.3 %

66.7 %