Ruy Lopez: Spanish Countergambit, Harding Countergambit, Fricke Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d5 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5. O-O

The Ruy Lopez: Spanish Countergambit, Harding Countergambit, Fricke Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C60, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d5 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5. O-O. It is a line of the Ruy Lopez. Black 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: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 5… Qxe5 6. d4 Qd6 7. Nc3 dxe4 8. d5)

ECO

C60

Moves

9 plies

FEN

r1b1kbnr/ppp2ppp/2n5/1B1pN1q1/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQ1RK1 b kq - 2 5

PGN

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d5 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5. O-O

Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess

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.