Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense

C73

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4

How it went

43 ours · 275 masters

White wins 33% Draws 26% Black wins 41%

Continuations

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

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Short, Nigel D 1/2-1/2 · 1993
Yu, Yangyi — Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 · 2017
Adams, Michael — Rogers, Ian 1/2-1/2 · 2004
Bartel, Mateusz — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 1-0 · 2015
Anand, V... — Timman, Jan H 1/2-1/2 · 1996

Games in Spain

Aldokhin,I (2413) — Anton Guijarro,D (2703) 1/2-1/2
Riff,V (2383) — Anton Guijarro,D (2690) 1/2-1/2
Estrada Nieto,J (2280) — Jones,G (2677) 0-1
Vallejo Pons,F (2667) — Lagno,Kateryna (2542) 1/2-1/2
Naiditsch,A (2659) — Alonso Rosell,A (2561) 0-1
Estrada Nieto,J (2201) — Yoo,Christopher Woojin (2599) 0-1
Estrada Nieto,J (2248) — Lagno,Kateryna (2560) 0-1
Estrada Nieto,J (2263) — Lagno,Kateryna (2547) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 d6 5 Bxc6+ bxc6 6 d4
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Ba4 d6 Bxc6+ bxc6 d4
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bb5, a6, Ba4, d6, Bxc6+, bxc6, d4