C60: Ruy Lopez, Cozio defence

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7

Ruy Lopez, Cozio defence

C60 Sub-variants:

Ruy Lopez (Spanish opening)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5

Ruy Lopez, Nuernberg variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f6

Ruy Lopez, Pollock defence
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Na5

Ruy Lopez, Lucena defence
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Be7

Ruy Lopez, Vinogradov variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qe7

Ruy Lopez, Brentano defence
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g5

Ruy Lopez, fianchetto (Smyslov/Barnes) defence
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6

Ruy Lopez, Cozio defence
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7

Ruy Lopez, Cozio defence, Paulsen variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6

Overview

Games on Database:

3459

Last Played:

Jul 2026

Overall score:

43.3%

28.5%

28.2%

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Played frequently by:

White
Joseph Henry Blackburne	6 games
Eduardas Rozentalis	6 games
Vladimir Baklan	6 games

Black
Zoltan Csapo	25 games
Sergey Arkhipov	22 games
Walter Shipman	20 games

Possible continuations:

4. O-O

1561

45.4 %

26.8 %

27.8 %

4. c3

733

41.7 %

28.6 %

29.6 %

4. Nc3

709

42.6 %

32.4 %

25 %

4. d4

327

40.1 %

28.7 %

31.2 %

4. d3

51.9 %

21.5 %

26.6 %

4. Bxc6

21.1 %

26.3 %

52.6 %

4. c4

36.4 %

27.3 %

36.4 %

4. Bc4

37.5 %

62.5 %

4. b3

40 %

60 %

4. h4

33.3 %

66.7 %