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ECO C78: Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense

ECO C78 is part of volume C, Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 8 named lines under it. The shortest is Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O. 5 of the 8 are lines of the Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense.

That position has come up in 5,840,981 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 49.6%, 5.6% were drawn and Black won 44.8%.

OpeningMovesGamesLength
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O 5.8M 5 moves
Ruy Lopez: Brix Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O g6 3,198 5 moves
Ruy Lopez: Central Countergambit 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d5 8,981 5 moves
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 591K 5 moves
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 331K 6 moves
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Arkhangelsk Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 157K 6 moves
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Wing Attack 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 22K 7 moves
Ruy Lopez: Rabinovich Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. Ng5 d5 8. exd5 Nd4 9. Re1 Bc5 10. Rxe5+ Kf8 34 10 moves