Ruy Lopez: Brentano Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g5
The Ruy Lopez: Brentano Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C60, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g5. 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 32 times by this move order. White won 59%, 0% were drawn and Black won 41%. The most popular continuation is 4. Bxc6 (41% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.42 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 4. d4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qf6)
- ECO
- C60
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 21 | |
| 1500-1999 | 10 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 32 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Bxc6 | 13 (41%) | |
| 4. O-O | 6 (19%) | |
| 4. d4 | 5 (16%) | |
| 4. d3 | 5 (16%) | |
| 4. h3 | 2 (6%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 1 (3%) |
Master games
6 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 17%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- Leonid Starozhilov (2318) – FM Nikolaos Spyropoulos (2425) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 24th Nov · 2020-11-24
- FM Dmitry Goltsev (2199) – FM Niranjan Navalgund (2289) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 18th Jan · 2022-01-18
- Ivan Khabinets (1980) – FM Niranjan Navalgund (2246) 0-1 · Titled Tue 3rd May Early · 2022-05-03
- Marius Neuschild (1827) – Marco Buratti (1949) 1/2-1/2 · 46th Arco Open 2024 · 2024-10-12
- Daniel Pomerantz (1975) – Pierre St-Onge (1603) 1-0 · Le Blanc et Noir GpA 2020 · 2020-01-18
Search all games of the Ruy Lopez: Brentano Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- hahaha126 (2375) – alejandromagno92 (2448) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Boand (1496) – NFear (2427) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 600 + 0s
- Ermin05 (1868) – jagrutic (1840) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Ruy Lopez 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
More Ruy Lopez lines (all)
- Ruy Lopez: Alapin Defense C60
- Ruy Lopez: Alapin Defense, Alapin Gambit C60
- Ruy Lopez: Bulgarian Variation C60
- Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense C60
- Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense, Paulsen Variation C60
- Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense, Tartakower Gambit C60
- Ruy Lopez: Fianchetto Defense C60
- Ruy Lopez: Fianchetto Defense, Kevitz Gambit C60
- Ruy Lopez: Lucena Variation C60
- Ruy Lopez: Nürnberg Variation C60
- Ruy Lopez: Pollock Defense C60
- Ruy Lopez: Retreat Variation C60
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.