Ruy Lopez: Open, Richter Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. d5
The Ruy Lopez: Open, Richter Variation 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. d5. 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 7… Na5 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: −1.13 (Stockfish, depth 26; best line 7… Ne7 8. Re1 bxa4 9. Rxe4 d6 10. Rxa4)
- 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. d5
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 7… Na5 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
4 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 0%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- FM Fabrice Wantiez (2228) – IM Vladimir Demin (2430) 1-0 · Titled Tue 9th Jan Early · 2024-01-09
- IM Carlos Alberto Gallegos Diaz (2374) – FM Anar Aliakbarov (2154) 0-1 · Titled Tue 26th Dec Late · 2023-12-26
- Bryan Weisz (1917) – FM Nima Hosseinzadeh (2217) 0-1 · Titled Tue 17th May Late · 2022-05-17
- Nikolaas Verhulst (1987) – Patrik Broekmans (1841) 1-0 · ch-BEL Open 2013 · 2013-07-11
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- Tasdik (2028) – UntrainedHorse (2001) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 600 + 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
More Ruy Lopez lines (all)
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- 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.