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C65: Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6

Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence

C65 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 25192
Last Played: Jul 2025
Overall score:
34.6% 44% 21.4%

Played frequently by:

White  
Viswanathan Anand 127 games
Maxime Vachier Lagrave 105 games
Fabiano Caruana 92 games
Black  
Aleksej Aleksandrov 190 games
Vladimir Kramnik 150 games
Levon Aronian 133 games

Possible continuations:

4. O-O  14972
32.3 % 48.5 % 19.2 %
4. d3  7045
37.4 % 41 % 21.6 %
4. Nc3  1345
40.2 % 28.4 % 31.4 %
4. Qe2  882
38.9 % 33.6 % 27.6 %
4. d4  482
35.3 % 34.6 % 30.1 %
4. Bxc6  444
44.1 % 19.8 % 36 %
4. c3  15
26.7 % 20 % 53.3 %
4. Ba4  3
66.7 % 33.3 %