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C66 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Closed Bernstein Variation8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 ♘f6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 ♗d7 6.♘c3 ♗e7 7.♗g5

C66 is the opening Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Closed Bernstein Variation of the volume C · Open games: 13 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 7 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

1,133 games in the collections, from 1851 to 2014. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2431.

White wins 40 %, draws 38 %, Black wins 22 %

Most games: Campora, Daniel Hugo (49), Lasker, Emanuel (41), Capablanca, Jose Raul (35), Jacobsen, Bo (26), Schlechter, Carl (22)

All 7 variations

  1. Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Closed Bernstein Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 ♘f6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 ♗d7 6.♘c3 ♗e7 7.♗g5
  2. Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Closed Showalter Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 ♘f6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 ♗d7 6.♘c3 ♗e7 7.♗xc6
  3. Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Closed Wolf Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 ♘f6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 ♗d7 6.♘c3 exd4
  4. Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Hedgehog Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 ♘f6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 ♗d7 6.♘c3 ♗e7
  5. Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Improved Steinitz Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 ♘f6 4.O-O d6
  6. Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Tarrasch Trap 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 d6 4.d4 ♗d7 5.♘c3 ♘f6 6.O-O ♗e7 7.♖e1 O-O
  7. Ruy Lopez: Closed Berlin Defense, Chigorin Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 ♘f6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 ♘d7