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ECO C71: Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense

ECO C71 is part of volume C, Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 4 named lines under it. The shortest is Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6. 3 of the 4 are lines of the Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense.

That position has come up in 1,082,036 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 49.3%, 5.4% were drawn and Black won 45.3%.

OpeningMovesGamesLength
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 1.1M 4 moves
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Nc3 82K 5 moves
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 11K 5 moves
Ruy Lopez: Noah's Ark Trap 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 d6 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Qxd4 c5 52K 8 moves