Tree path 11 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ruy Lopez › Morphy Defense › Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense › Ruy Lopez: Closed › Ruy Lopez: Closed › Ruy Lopez: Closed › Ruy Lopez: Closed › Flohr System
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Flohr System
Overview
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Flohr System is a named branch in the Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO C92.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It is reached after 18 plies of play, with the move sequence 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 Bb7.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Ruy Lopez: Closed, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
It continues primarily into one named line, Ruy Lopez: Closed, Smyslov-Breyer-Zaitsev Hybrid.
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- ECO code
- C92
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 18
- Parent
- Ruy Lopez: Closed
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
131,250 games · White 50.5% / Draw 6.2% / Black 43.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| d4 | 105,484 | |
| d3 | 16,768 | |
| Bc2 | 3,661 | |
| a4 | 3,333 | |
| a3 | 1,870 | |
| Qe2 | 33 | |
| Ng5 | 29 | |
| Na3 | 18 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 03:20:37
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