Openings / C65
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6
- Evaluation
- +0.26 (White's view)
- White to move, best
- e1g1
- Main line
- e1g1 f6e4 f1e1 e4d6 f3e5
- Depth
- 24, Stockfish 17
- FEN
- r1bqkb1r/pppp1ppp/2n2n2/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 4 4
The Berlin leads to the famous queenless endgame after 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8, where White's kingside majority faces Black's bishop pair.
Get this from the API
curl -s https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $STOCKFISH_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"fen":"r1bqkb1r/pppp1ppp/2n2n2/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 4 4","depth":24,"multipv":3}'const res = await fetch("https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval", {
method: "POST",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.STOCKFISH_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"fen": "r1bqkb1r/pppp1ppp/2n2n2/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 4 4",
"depth": 24,
"multipv": 3
}),
});
const data = await res.json();import os, requests
r = requests.post(
"https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['STOCKFISH_API_KEY']}"},
json={
"fen": "r1bqkb1r/pppp1ppp/2n2n2/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 4 4",
"depth": 24,
"multipv": 3
},
)
data = r.json()Related openings
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