Ruy Lopez: Open (7… d5 8. dxe5)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
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 d5 8. dxe5. It is a line of the Ruy Lopez. Black is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 281 times by this move order. White won 48%, 9% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 8… Be6 (98% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.24 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 8… Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2)
- ECO
- C80
- Moves
- 15 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 d5 8. dxe5
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 6 | |
| 1500-1999 | 77 | |
| 2000+ | 198 | |
| All | 281 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8… Be6 Open, Main Line | 276 (98%) | |
| 8… Bc5 | 3 (1%) | |
| 8… Be7 | 1 (0%) | |
| 8… Bg4 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
10 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 70%, draw 20%, Black 10%). The strongest:
- GM Nihal Sarin (2620) – GM Grigoriy Oparin (2652) 1-0 · PNWCC Online Blitz JP 12 · 2020-06-06
- GM Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder (2475) – FM Tim Grutter (2318) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 6th Feb Late · 2024-02-06
- FM Aron Pasti (2361) – FM Tim Grutter (2338) 1-0 · Titled Tue 30th May Late · 2023-05-30
- IM Siva Mahadevan (2349) – FM Juan Sebastian Melian (2293) 1-0 · Titled Tue 23rd May Early · 2023-05-23
- FM Zsolt Korpics (2300) – FM Jan Boder (2319) 1-0 · Titled Tue 14th Feb Early · 2023-02-14
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 (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
Continuations
- Ruy Lopez: Open, Main Line 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 Be6
- Ruy Lopez: Open, Zukertort Variation 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 Ne7
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.