Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Mackenzie Variation

C77

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4

How it went

74 ours · 290 masters

White wins 49% Draws 31% Black wins 20%

Continuations

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

Master games

Kovalenko, Igor — Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 · 2021
Kramnik, Vladimir — Adams, Michael 1/2-1/2 · 2003
Godena, Michele — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 0-1 · 2011
Gashimov, Vugar — Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0 · 2010
Gashimov, Vugar — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 0-1 · 2004

Games in Spain

Esipenko,Andrey (2698) — Pichot,A (2589) 1/2-1/2
Jones,G (2669) — Anton Guijarro,D (2691) 1-0
Bowden,K (2348) — Shirov,A (2660) 0-1
Jazdanovs,Aleksandrs (2046) — Shirov,A (2660) 0-1
Bartel,Mat (2643) — Larranaga Juaristi,Alexander (2083) 1-0
Ahmadzada,Ahmad (2488) — Pichot,A (2638) 0-1
Tregubov,P (2537) — Chigaev,M (2631) 0-1
Yoo,Christopher Woojin (2455) — Pichot,A (2630) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 d4
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Ba4 Nf6 d4
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bb5, a6, Ba4, Nf6, d4