Ruy Lopez: Closed, Yates Variation, Short Attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. a4
The Ruy Lopez: Closed, Yates Variation, Short Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO C91, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. a4. 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: −0.05 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 10… Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Bc2)
- ECO
- C91
- Moves
- 19 plies
- FEN
r2q1rk1/2p1bppp/p1np1n2/1p2p3/P2PP1b1/1BP2N2/1P3PPP/RNBQR1K1 b - - 0 10- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. a4
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Master games
7 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 43%, draw 0%, Black 57%). The strongest:
- GM Alexander Shabalov (2544) – GM Bassem Amin (2693) 1-0 · PRO League Group Stage · 2018-02-14
- FM Wojciech Przybylski (2354) – GM Hannes Stefansson (2602) 0-1 · World Rapid 2015 · 2015-10-12
- FM Wojciech Przybylski (2342) – GM Kirill Bryzgalin (2460) 0-1 · ch-European Rapid 2013 · 2013-12-14
- FM Wojciech Przybylski (2308) – IM Zurab Javakhadze (2457) 0-1 · Titled Tue 24th Oct Early · 2023-10-24
- FM Wojciech Przybylski (2308) – IM Sam Schmakel (2457) 0-1 · Titled Tue 5th Sep Late · 2023-09-05
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Comes from
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Bogoljubow Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4
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.