ECO C74: Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense
ECO C74 is part of volume C, Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 3 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. c3.
All of them are lines of the
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense.
That position has come up in 452,907 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 53.7%, 4.7% were drawn and Black won 41.5%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 |
453K | 5 moves |
| Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense, Siesta Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 |
39K | 5 moves |
| Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O |
8,364 | 7 moves |