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
The Ruy Lopez: Open, Motzko Attack 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. It is a line of the Ruy Lopez. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 3 times by this move order. White won 67%, 0% were drawn and Black won 33%. The most popular continuation is 10… O-O (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.15 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 10… O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rd1 f6 13. Nbd2)
- ECO
- C82
- Moves
- 19 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. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 3 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 10… O-O | 3 (100%) |
Master games
79 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 42%, draw 39%, Black 19%). The strongest:
- GM Anish Giri (2782) – GM Viswanathan Anand (2759) 1-0 · GCT Rapid YourNextMove · 2018-06-12
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2728) – GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2758) 1/2-1/2 · Saint Louis Blitz 2020 · 2020-09-18
- GM Yi Wei (2706) – GM Liren Ding (2764) 1/2-1/2 · 6th Chinese Master Rapid · 2016-11-28
- GM Jeffery Xiong (2709) – GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2758) 1/2-1/2 · Saint Louis Rapid 2020 · 2020-09-15
- GM Viswanathan Anand (2794) – GM S.P. Sethuraman (2617) 1-0 · chess.com IoM Masters · 2017-09-28
Search all games of the Ruy Lopez: Open, Motzko Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Masterbeaterr (2322) – Warmaster1 (2361) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- IcebearGT (2311) – dondiego2lavega (2329) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- mhnadi (1887) – mate_in_108 (2475) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 600 + 5s
Comes from
Ruy Lopez: Open, Italian 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
Continuations
- Ruy Lopez: Open, Motzko Attack, Nenarokov Variation C82 · 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
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.