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ECO C62: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense

ECO C62 is part of volume C, Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 5 named lines under it. The shortest is Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6. All of them are lines of the Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense.

That position has come up in 12,935,014 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 53.2%, 5.1% were drawn and Black won 41.6%.

OpeningMovesGamesLength
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 12.9M 3 moves
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 4M 4 moves
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense, Center Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O 25K 5 moves
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense, Semi-Duras Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. c4 8,372 5 moves
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense, Nimzowitsch Attack 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bxc6 43K 6 moves