Ruy Lopez: Open, Motzko Attack, Nenarokov 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. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 Ne7
The Ruy Lopez: Open, Motzko Attack, Nenarokov Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C82, 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. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 Ne7. 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: +0.33 (Stockfish, depth 28; best line 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nh4 Qd7)
- ECO
- C82
- Moves
- 20 plies
- FEN
r2qk2r/2p1nppp/p3b3/1pbpP3/4n3/1BPQ1N2/PP3PPP/RNB2RK1 w kq - 3 11- PGN
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. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 Ne7
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Master games
5 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 20%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- GM Aleksander Mista (2592) – GM Gregory Kaidanov (2540) 1-0 · St Louis Spring B · 2019-03-10
- IM Nitzan Steinberg (2466) – GM Tamir Nabaty (2644) 0-1 · Borise Karadzica Mem 2016 · 2016-10-31
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2607) – IM David Brodsky (2415) 1-0 · World Youth U16 Olympiad · 2018-11-30
- Omar Oudeh Mishmesh (2247) – GM Oleg Korneev (2469) 0-1 · I 100 Panaderia Pulido · 2023-12-05
- GM Bryan Smith (2453) – WIM P Michelle Catherina (2179) 1/2-1/2 · 35th Zalakaros Open 2016 · 2016-05-29
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Comes from
Ruy Lopez: Open, Motzko Attack 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. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3
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.