Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense, Tartakower Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qd2 d5

The Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense, Tartakower Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C60, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qd2 d5. It is a line of the Ruy Lopez. White 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: +0.28 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 c5)

ECO: C60
Moves: 16 plies
FEN: r1bq1rk1/ppp1npbp/2n3p1/1B1p4/3NP3/2N1B3/PPPQ1PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 0 9
PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qd2 d5

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Master games

3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 0%, Black 67%). The strongest:

IM Vasiliy Korchmar (2451) – GM Prithu Gupta (2472) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 8th Sept · 2020-09-08
CM Youcef Lattafi (2068) – FM Seyed Abolfazl Moosavifar (2419) 0-1 · 1st 3-0 Thu 6th Aug 2026 · 2026-08-06

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Ruy Lopez: Fianchetto Defense 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6

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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.