ECO C96: Ruy Lopez: Closed
ECO C96 is part of volume C, Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 6 named lines under it.
The shortest is Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2.
All of them are lines of the
Ruy Lopez: Closed.
The most played is
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense,
reached in 372,923 rated Lichess games.
That position has come up in 370,399 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 49.7%, 5.9% were drawn and Black won 44.4%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 |
370K | 10 moves |
| Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 |
373K | 10 moves |
| Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense, Gajewski Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 d5 |
3,266 | 10 moves |
| Ruy Lopez: Closed, Borisenko Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 |
29K | 11 moves |
| Ruy Lopez: Closed, Keres Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 |
23K | 11 moves |
| Ruy Lopez: Closed, Rossolimo Defense | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c6 11. d4 Qc7 |
891 | 11 moves |