Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Trifunovic Variation

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 d5

The Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Trifunovic Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C67, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 d5. It is a line of the Ruy Lopez. White is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 7. Nxe5 (100% of games).

Engine evaluation: +1.02 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 7. Nxe5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Re1 Bd7)

ECO

C67

Moves

12 plies

FEN

r1bqk2r/ppp1bppp/2n5/1B1pp3/3Pn3/5N2/PPP1QPPP/RNB2RK1 w kq - 0 7

PGN

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 d5

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Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.