Tree path 7 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ruy Lopez › Morphy Defense › Caro Variation › Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Norwegian Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Ruy Lopez C60
- Morphy Defense C70
- Caro Variation C70
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Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Norwegian Variation
Overview
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Norwegian Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C70.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It begins with 10 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Caro Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Nightingale Gambit.
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- ECO code
- C70
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 10
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
156,481 games · White 52.0% / Draw 5.1% / Black 42.9%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nxe5 | 42,694 | |
| O-O | 37,490 | |
| c3 | 28,510 | |
| Bxf7+ | 19,716 | |
| d4 | 9,369 | |
| Bd5 | 6,700 | |
| d3 | 6,087 | |
| Nc3 | 4,539 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:19:13
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