C68: Ruy Lopez, exchange, Keres variation

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3

Ruy Lopez, exchange, Keres 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:

1713

Last Played:

Oct 2025

Overall score:

32.3%

40.2%

27.4%

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Played frequently by:

White
Valeri Yandemirov	32 games
Dragan Solak	24 games
Zvonko Stanojoski	21 games

Black
Vladimir P Malaniuk	7 games
Oleg M Romanishin	6 games
Viktor Varavin	5 games

Possible continuations:

5... f6

856

25.5 %

48.2 %

26.3 %

5... Bd6

277

41.9 %

30.3 %

27.8 %

5... Bg4

190

43.7 %

34.2 %

22.1 %

5... Qd6

174

29.9 %

42 %

28.2 %

5... Bc5

119

41.2 %

24.4 %

34.5 %

5... Nf6

50 %

18.8 %

31.3 %

5... Qf6

23.1 %

42.3 %

34.6 %

5... Bb4

44.4 %

27.8 %

5... c5

40 %

50 %

5... Be6

50 %

5... Qe7

50 %

5... g6

100 %