Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Classical Defense Deferred

C70

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5

How it went

142 ours · 141 masters

White wins 44% Draws 21% Black wins 35%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Caruana, Fabiano — Halkias, Stelios 1-0 · 2021
Aronian, Levon — Nihal, Sarin 1/2-1/2 · 2021
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime — Nihal, Sarin 1-0 · 2021
Giri, Anish — Van Foreest, Jorden 1/2-1/2 · 2021
Dominguez Perez, Leinier — Nabaty, Tamir 1-0 · 2019

Games in Spain

Andreikin,D (2729) — Santos Latasa,J (2647) 1-0
Nihal,Sarin (2693) — Santos Latasa,J (2612) 1/2-1/2
Anton Guijarro,D (2665) — Le Tuan Minh (2564) 0-1
Pichot,A (2642) — Santos Latasa,J (2656) 1-0
Mamedov,Rau (2636) — Santos Latasa,J (2656) 1/2-1/2
Piorun,K (2597) — Santos Latasa,J (2653) 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A (2652) — Laddha,Shubh Jayesh (2303) 1-0
Pichot,A (2650) — Khademalsharieh,S (2476) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Bc5
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Ba4 Bc5
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bb5, a6, Ba4, Bc5