Ruy Lopez: Open, Karpov Gambit
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 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5
The Ruy Lopez: Open, Karpov Gambit 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 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5. It is a line of the Ruy Lopez. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 11… dxc3 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 11… Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6)
- ECO
- C80
- Moves
- 21 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 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 11… dxc3 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
15 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 33%, Black 27%). The strongest:
- IM Martin Neugebauer (2485) – GM Sabino Brunello (2519) 1-0 · Mitropa Online Cup 2021 · 2021-05-05
- FM Samuel Sevian (2388) – GM Julio Becerra Rivero (2547) 1/2-1/2 · US Chess League 2013 · 2013-09-18
- GM Attila Groszpeter (2469) – IM Oliver Mihok (2458) 1/2-1/2 · Caissa GM July 2013 · 2013-07-29
- Xiangrui Kong (2444) – Renjie Huang (2479) 0-1 · ch-CHN Rapid 2024 · 2024-11-13
- WGM Candela Be Francisco Guecamburu (2345) – WIM Mariam Mkrtchyan (2343) 1-0 · 39th World Junior Girls · 2023-09-29
Search all games of the Ruy Lopez: Open, Karpov Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- StrandedKnight (2295) – VassilDimitrov (2223) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Ruy Lopez: Open, Bernstein Variation 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 9. Nbd2
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.