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diagram
Black to move
5,408 games · 1864-2025
 move games white wins - draws - black wins %
8...Be6  5,351

37.6%

39.9%

22.5%
8...Ne7  47

55.3%

14.9

29.8%
8...Be7  4

75%

25%
8...d4  3

66.7%

33.3%
8...Bg4 N del Pozo vs C Espinoza Rivasplata, 1959 1-0
8...Bc5 E J Miles vs O C Pleasants, 1905 1-0

8...Be6 +0.09 (36 ply) STOCKFISH   EDIT NOTES

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995 (1-0)
Judit Polgar vs Mamedyarov, 2002 (1-0)
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978 (1-0)
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1912 (0-1)
Bronstein vs Korchnoi, 1962 (1-0)

DEBUT: M Lange vs W Paulsen, 1868 (1-0)
RECENT: Sutovsky vs D Vocaturo, 2018 (1/2-1/2)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
Ruy Lopez Open Be3 by shibumi
C83 (Kortschnoi) by Chessdreamer

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
C80: Ruy Lopez, Open (2283)
C82: Ruy Lopez, Open (1233)
C83: Ruy Lopez, Open (1116)
C81: Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack (776)

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