Spanish (Ruy Lopez)

Coups: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5

Partie
1924 New York – Round 1 – Bogoljubow, Efim – 1-0 – Lasker, Edward – G37
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qf6 4. Nc3 Nge7 5. d3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Ne2 c6 8. Ba4 d5 9. O-O g6 10. b4 Qd6
1932 Pasadena – Round 1 – Kashdan, Isaac – 1-0 – Fink, Adolf Jay – G17
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qf6 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. d3 b6 7. f4 Bb7 8. Nd2 O-O-O 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Qe2 Ng6
1935 Barcelona sim – Round 1 – Alekhine, Alexander – 1-0 – Aguado Catala, Jordi – G9
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 b6 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. c3 a6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. e5 d5 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. cxd4 c5
1959 Practice – Round ? – Collins, Richard Arnold – 1-0 – Collins, Paul H – G15
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bd6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. Ng5 Bc5 8. Bc4 Bb7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 d6
2026 Tata Steel India Blitz - Round 4.1 - Anand, Viswanathan - 0-1 - Erigaisi Arjun - G16
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qf6 4. Nc3 Nge7 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. Bg5 Qg6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Bxe7 Bxe7 10. Nd5 Bd8

C60a — Ruy Lopez (1912)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
Les coups candidats
Ambassadeurs : ? (967x), Geller, Efim P. (402x), Ivkov, Borislav (376x), Tal, Mikhail (336x), Kholmov, Ratmir D (318x), Herzog, Klaus (315x), Unzicker, Ferdinand, Dr. (309x), Matanovic, Aleksandar (300x)
Ambassadeurs : Popov, Vladimir Valentinovich (299x), Aleksandrov, Viktor A. (217x), Morcin, Tom (182x), Karjakin, Sergey (170x), Nakamura, Hikaru (149x), Herzog, Klaus (141x), Anand, Viswanathan (140x), Carlsen, Magnus (125x)
Ambassadeurs : Leisebein, Peter (124x), Tylecek, Drahomir (87x), Goedhart, William (79x), Hanison, Bernard (79x), Inkiov, Ventzislav (71x), Boey, Josef (67x), Lyell, Mark (61x), Staf, Gunnar (47x)
Ambassadeurs : Hector, Jonny (48x), Bulgarini Torre, Marco (45x), Ovod, Evgenija (42x), ? (40x), Casa, Alex (32x), Beyen, Roland (27x), Charest, Johanne (27x), Gulko, Boris (26x)
Analyse statistique des coups candidats
Répartition par niveau Elo (% des parties)
Tranche Elo N parties 3…a6 3…Nf6 3…f5 3…Bc5
<1800 36414 62% 14% 4% 6%
1800-2200 170007 72% 12% 5% 3%
2200-2600 177365 74% 15% 4% 2%
2600+ 15572 63% 33% 1% 1%
Évolution par décennie (% des parties)
Décennie N parties 3…a6 3…Nf6 3…f5 3…Bc5
1950s 6286 85% 5% 3% 4%
1960s 11821 84% 4% 4% 4%
1970s 14852 79% 7% 4% 4%
1980s 23858 76% 6% 7% 4%
1990s 67969 69% 8% 7% 5%
2000s 126090 70% 12% 5% 4%
2010s 177290 69% 17% 3% 2%
2020s 68135 70% 20% 2% 2%
Tendances récentes (2010s → 2020s)
Coup 2010s 2020s Δ
3…a6 69% 70% +0.2%
3…Nf6 17% 20% ▲ +3.0%
3…f5 3% 2% ▼ -1.2%
3…Bc5 2% 2% ▼ -0.7%
Joueurs célèbres
Champions du monde dans cette position
Karpov, Anatoly — 10 parties
Tal, Mikhail — 10 parties
Botvinnik, Mikhail — 10 parties
Smyslov, Vladimir — 10 parties
Karpov, Aleksandr — 10 parties
Kasparov, Garry — 10 parties
Anand, Viswanathan — 10 parties
Kramnik, Vladimir — 10 parties
Carlsen, Magnus — 10 parties
Hou, Yifan — 10 parties
Ding, Liren — 10 parties
Ju, Wenjun — 10 parties
Gukesh D — 10 parties
Smyslov, Vassily — 5 parties
Lasker, Emanuel — 3 parties
Fischer, Robert James — 1 partie
Capablanca, Jose Raul — 1 partie
Parties historiques
3…a6 — 70.6% (350540 parties)
1950 — Matokhin, A. vs Tolush, Alexander — 1-0 — RSFSR tt
1950 — Janda, Pavel vs Muller, Hans P — 0-1 — Switzerland
1950 — Siemms, Ross E vs Anderson, Frank Ross — 0-1 — Toronto CAN
1950 — Castillo Bermudez, Manuel vs Eken, Max — 1/2-1/2 — Dubrovnik CRO
1950 — Smyslov, Vasily vs Castillo Bermudez, Manuel — 1-0 — Venice ITA
3…Nf6 — 13.6% (67706 parties)
1950 — Blatny, Frantisek vs Calda, R. — 1-0 — Chocen
1950 — Pietzsch, Wolfgang vs Krause, Kurt — 1/2-1/2 — Soemmerda GER
1950 — Keres Paul Petrovich vs Szabo, Laszlo — 1/2-1/2 — ?
1950 — Keres, Paul Petrovich vs Szabo, Laszlo — 1/2-1/2 — Wch candidates
1950 — Pfeiffer, Gerhard vs Kinzel, Alfred — 1-0 — Berlin GER
3…f5 — 4.2% (21025 parties)
1950 — Castillo, Mariano vs Steiner, Herman — 0-1 — Dubrovnik olm
1950 — Beni, Alfred vs Horowitz, Albert Israel — 1/2-1/2 — Dubrovnik olm
1950 — Richter, Kurt P vs Westphal, Leonhard — 1-0 — Berlin GER
1951 — Bertok, Mario Jr. vs Fuderer, Andrija — 1/2-1/2 — Ljubljana ch YUG
1951 — Eastman, Gavey vs Elliott, Henry J — 0-1 — Forth Worth
3…Bc5 — 3.3% (16171 parties)
1950 — Rapaka Samuel Paul vs O'Kelly, Albéric de Galway — 1/2-1/2 — Dubrovnik olm
1950 — Rapaka Samuel Paul vs Alberic, O'Kelly de Galway — 1/2-1/2 — Olympiad Dubrovnik YUG
1950 — Kongshavn, Harry vs Thibaut, Georges — 1-0 — Dubrovnik olm
1950 — Gresser, Gisela Kahn vs Rudenko, Ludmila — 1-0 — Moscow RUS
1950 — Limbos, Paul vs Thibaut, Georges — 1-0 — Gent