C68: Ruy Lopez, exchange, Alekhine variation

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7

Ruy Lopez, exchange, Alekhine variation

C68 Sub-variants:

Ruy Lopez, exchange variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6

Ruy Lopez, exchange, Alekhine variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7

Ruy Lopez, exchange, Keres variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3

Ruy Lopez, exchange, Romanovsky variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d3

Overview

Games on Database:

710

Last Played:

Aug 2025

Overall score:

13.7%

57.2%

29.2%

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Played frequently by:

White
Krum Georgiev	14 games
Esa Auvinen	7 games
Anatole Kostjoerin	5 games

Black
Juan Borges Mateos	7 games
Vivian Ramon Pita	5 games
Mauro Guimaraes De Souza	4 games

Possible continuations:

8. Be3

337

54.9 %

31.5 %

8. Nc3

242

14 %

62.8 %

23.1 %

8. O-O

53.3 %

33.3 %

8. Bf4

17.6 %

58.8 %

23.5 %

8. Bg5

57.1 %

42.9 %

8. f3

75 %

25 %

8. Nd2

50 %

8. Nb3

50 %

8. Bd2

25 %

75 %