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ECO C81: Ruy Lopez

ECO C81 is part of volume C — Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 3 named lines under it. The shortest is Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell Attack: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2.

That position has come up in 12,231 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 50.6%, 8.8% were drawn and Black won 40.6%.

OpeningMovesPlies
Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell Attack 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 17
Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell Attack 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. c4 19
Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell Attack, Ekstrom Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Qd7 24