Ruy Lopez: Closed, Worrall Attack, Castling Line (8… d5 9. d3)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. d3
The Ruy Lopez: Closed, Worrall Attack, Castling Line is a chess opening classified as ECO C86, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. d3. 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: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 9… h6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5)
- ECO
- C86
- Moves
- 17 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. d3
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Master games
32 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 31%, draw 38%, Black 31%). The strongest:
- GM Samuel Sevian (2697) – GM Rasmus Svane (2632) 1-0 · Titled Tue 6th Feb Late · 2024-02-06
- GM Eltaj Safarli (2681) – GM Miguel Santos Ruiz (2554) 1/2-1/2 · Aeroflot Open A 2019 · 2019-02-22
- GM Olexandr Bortnyk (2585) – IM Emil Stefanov (2466) 1-0 · 26th Kavala Open 2017 · 2017-08-01
- IM Kacper Drozdowski (2476) – GM Michal Olszewski (2558) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-POL Ekstraligi 2014 · 2014-05-16
- IM Richard Pile (2416) – GM Damian Lemos (2487) 1/2-1/2 · La Palma Island Open 2019 · 2019-08-15
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Comes from
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Wormald Attack 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2
More Ruy Lopez lines (all)
- Ruy Lopez C60
- Ruy Lopez: Alapin Defense C60
- Ruy Lopez: Alapin Defense, Alapin Gambit C60
- Ruy Lopez: Brentano 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
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.