Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Duras Variation

C77

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4

How it went

39 ours · 142 masters

White wins 46% Draws 13% Black wins 41%

Continuations

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

Master games

Nakamura, Hi — Sevian, Samuel 1-0 · 2023
Naiditsch, Arkadij — Shchekachev, Andrei 1-0 · 2011
Naiditsch, Arkadij — Schroeder, Ja 1-0 · 2015
Naiditsch, Arkadij — Baramidze, David 1-0 · 2013
Naiditsch, Arkadij — Timman, Jan H 1-0 · 2013

Games in Spain

Sammed Jaykumar,Shete (2408) — Shirov,A (2704) 0-1
Pichot,A (2638) — Sevian,Samuel (2690) 1/2-1/2
Pichot,A (2625) — Amin,B (2680) 1-0
Matinian,N (2470) — Shirov,A (2662) 0-1
Pichot,A (2642) — Indjic,A (2601) 1-0
Pichot,A (2642) — Pranav,V (2588) 1-0
Pichot,A (2633) — Kantor,G (2527) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2631) — Gareev,T (2606) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c4
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 d3 d6 6 c4
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Ba4 Nf6 d3 d6 c4
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bb5, a6, Ba4, Nf6, d3, d6, c4