ECO C73: Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense
ECO C73 is part of volume C, Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 2 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 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4.
All of them are lines of the
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense.
That position has come up in 22,050 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 51.9%, 6.5% were drawn and Black won 41.6%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 |
22K | 6 moves |
| Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 |
4,804 | 6 moves |