ECO C78: Ruy Lopez
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.
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%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O |
9 |
| Ruy Lopez: Brix Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O g6 |
10 |
| Ruy Lopez: Central Countergambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d5 |
10 |
| Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 |
10 |
| Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 |
12 |
| 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 |
12 |
| 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 |
13 |
| 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 |
20 |