Berlin Defense
E1002784
The Berlin Defense is a solid and highly respected chess opening for Black in the Ruy Lopez, renowned for its strong defensive structure and frequent use at the top level.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ruy Lopez variation
ⓘ
chess opening ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Berlin Defence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Berlin Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToOpeningFamily |
Open Games
ⓘ
Ruy Lopez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPlays | Black ⓘ |
| counterTo | Ruy Lopez main lines with 3.Bb5 ⓘ |
| evaluationAtTopLevel | approximately equal for both sides ⓘ |
| favoredBy |
Fabiano Caruana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Levon Aronian NERFINISHED ⓘ Magnus Carlsen NERFINISHED ⓘ Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstMajorAnalysisCentury | 19th century GENERATED ⓘ |
| frequentlyUsedAt | top-level tournaments ⓘ |
| hasECOCode |
C65
ⓘ
C66 ⓘ C67 ⓘ C68 ⓘ C69 ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
drawish at top level
ⓘ
highly respected ⓘ solid ⓘ |
| hasVariation |
Berlin Classical Variation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Berlin Deferred ⓘ Berlin Endgame NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio de Janeiro Variation ⓘ |
| mainLineAfter |
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4
ⓘ
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Emanuel Lasker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revivedBy | Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startsWithMoves | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 ⓘ |
| strategicTheme |
king safety and solid central control
ⓘ
long-term maneuvering ⓘ piece activity over pawn structure ⓘ |
| typicalIdea |
Black accepts damaged pawn structure for activity
GENERATED
ⓘ
Black aims for strong king safety in endgame GENERATED ⓘ Black king often walks to e8–f8–g8 or e7 GENERATED ⓘ Black obtains queenside pawn majority GENERATED ⓘ White obtains kingside pawn majority GENERATED ⓘ early queen exchange GENERATED ⓘ endgame-oriented play GENERATED ⓘ trading queens on move 8 or 9 in main lines GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalResultProfile | high drawing ratio in elite play GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalStructure |
Black 4 vs 3 queenside pawn majority
ⓘ
Black doubled pawns on c-file ⓘ White 4 vs 3 kingside pawn majority ⓘ |
| usedInFamousMatch | Kramnik vs Kasparov World Championship 2000 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.