Tree path 8 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ruy Lopez › Morphy Defense › Modern Steinitz Defense › Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense › Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense
- Caissa Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Ruy Lopez C60
- Morphy Defense C70
- Modern Steinitz Defense C71
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense C74
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Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense
Overview
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C75.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7, after 10 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense.
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- ECO code
- C75
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 10
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
108,685 games · White 51.9% / Draw 5.5% / Black 42.7%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| O-O | 49,179 | |
| d4 | 35,626 | |
| d3 | 10,346 | |
| Bc2 | 5,478 | |
| h3 | 4,874 | |
| Bb3 | 1,672 | |
| Qe2 | 689 | |
| a3 | 306 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:19:20
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