Ruy Lopez: Open (6… b5 7. Bb3)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
The Ruy Lopez: Open is a chess opening classified as ECO C80, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3. It is a line of the Ruy Lopez. Black is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 349 times by this move order. White won 51%, 8% were drawn and Black won 41%. The most popular continuation is 7… d5 (94% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.20 (Stockfish, depth 51; best line 7… d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qe2)
- ECO
- C80
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 12 | |
| 1500-1999 | 104 | |
| 2000+ | 233 | |
| All | 349 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… d5 | 328 (94%) | |
| 7… exd4 | 9 (3%) | |
| 7… Be7 | 5 (1%) | |
| 7… Nxd4 | 2 (1%) | |
| 7… d6 | 2 (1%) | |
| 7… a5 | 1 (0%) | |
| 7… Bb4 | 1 (0%) | |
| 7… Bb7 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
134 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 26%, Black 34%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2859) – GM Daniil Dubov (2708) 1-0 · MrDodgy Inv 3 Finals · 2022-12-01
- GM Levon Aronian (2782) – GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2727) 1/2-1/2 · Tata Steel India Blitz · 2021-11-21
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2736) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2770) 0-1 · NIC Classic KO 2021 · 2021-04-30
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2736) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2770) 1/2-1/2 · NIC Classic KO 2021 · 2021-04-30
- GM Levon Aronian (2772) – GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2722) 1/2-1/2 · Tata Steel India Blitz · 2019-11-25
Search all games of the Ruy Lopez: Open and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- calculus9001 (2578) – IM Ural_bogatyr (2587) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- TwilightX6M2200Magic (2556) – IM Ural_bogatyr (2595) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- FuriaEn64 (2623) – Byvshev22 (2459) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Ruy Lopez: Open (5… Nxe4 6. d4) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4
Continuations
- Ruy Lopez: Open (7… d5 8. dxe5) C80 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
- Ruy Lopez: Open, Harksen Gambit C80 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. c4
- Ruy Lopez: Open, Schlechter Defense C80 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 Nxd4
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.