ECO C70: Ruy Lopez

ECO C70 is part of volume C — Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 12 named lines under it. The shortest is Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6.

That position has come up in 18,872,051 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 49.9%, 5.5% were drawn and Black won 44.6%.

Opening	Moves	Plies
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense	`1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6`	6
Ruy Lopez: Bird's Defense Deferred	`1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nd4`	8
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Alapin's Defense Deferred	`1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bb4`	8
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Caro Variation	`1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5`	8
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Classical Defense Deferred	`1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5`	8
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Cozio Defense	`1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7`	8
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Fianchetto Defense Deferred	`1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6`	8
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Schliemann Defense Deferred	`1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5`	8
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Schliemann Defense Deferred, Jaenisch Gambit Deferred	`1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. exf5`	9
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Graz Variation	`1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Bc5`	10
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Norwegian Variation	`1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5`	10
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Norwegian Variation, Nightingale Gambit	`1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. Bxf7+`	11