Ruy Lopez: Wormald Attack, Grünfeld Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3 Bg4
The Ruy Lopez: Wormald Attack, Grünfeld Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C77, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3 Bg4. 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: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 9. Be3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. h3 exd4)
- ECO
- C77
- Moves
- 16 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3 Bg4
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Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 34%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- GM Sina Movahed (2596) – IM Roman Pyrih (2419) 1-0 · 3rd 3-0 Thu 4th Dec 2025 · 2025-12-04
- FM Pavel Chernomordik (2150) – WGM Jiner Zhu (2507) 0-1 · Titled Tue 9th May Early · 2023-05-09
- FM Pavel Chernomordik (2218) – Guy Libman (2266) 1/2-1/2 · Petah Tikva Winter IMB · 2020-03-08
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Comes from
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Wormald Attack 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2
More Ruy Lopez lines (all)
- Ruy Lopez C60
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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.