Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ruy Lopez › Morphy Defense › Wormald Attack
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Ruy Lopez C60
- Morphy Defense C70
- Wormald Attack C77 you are here
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Wormald Attack
Overview
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Wormald Attack is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C77.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It begins with 9 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Ruy Lopez: Closed, Worrall Attack, Castling Line, Ruy Lopez: Wormald Attack, Grünfeld Variation.
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- ECO code
- C77
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 9
- Parent
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense
- Direct variations
- 2
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Statistics from Lichess
210,775 games · White 53.3% / Draw 5.1% / Black 41.6%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| b5 | 140,094 | |
| d6 | 25,195 | |
| Be7 | 21,189 | |
| Bc5 | 20,667 | |
| Bd6 | 1,307 | |
| Nd4 | 868 | |
| Qe7 | 391 | |
| d5 | 299 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:07:38
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