Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Winawer Attack

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nd4

The Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Winawer Attack 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 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nd4. It is a line of the Ruy Lopez. Black is to move.

This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.

Engine evaluation: +0.30 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 9… O-O 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. Qd3 Re8 12. Re1)

ECO: C67
Moves: 17 plies
FEN: r1bqk2r/pnppbppp/2p5/4P3/3N4/8/PPP1QPPP/RNB2RK1 b kq - 2 9
PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nd4

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Master games

8 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 13%, draw 62%, Black 25%). The strongest:

GM Alexander Grischuk (2750) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2832) 1/2-1/2 · chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017 · 2017-11-21
GM Pavel Ponkratov (2548) – GM Vadim Zvjaginsev (2540) 1/2-1/2 · 77th ch-RUS HL 2025 · 2025-07-01
GM Boris Savchenko (2483) – GM Vadim Zvjaginsev (2564) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-RUS Premier 2024 · 2024-05-01
GM Luis Paulo Supi (2576) – FM Diogo Duarte Guimaraes (2272) 1-0 · Brazil Chess - Floripa · 2026-01-23
FM Sjef Rijnaarts (2319) – FM Frank Erwich (2376) 1/2-1/2 · 6th LCT GpA 2012 · 2012-07-13

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Comes from

Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio de Janeiro Variation (5. d4 Be7) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7

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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.