Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Tarrasch Variation

C77

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3

How it went

75 ours · 265 masters

White wins 56% Draws 17% Black wins 27%

Continuations

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

Master games

Carlsen, Magnus — Anand V 1-0 · 2019
Dominguez Perez, Leinier — Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 · 2013
Shevchenko, Kirill — Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 · 2021
Rapport, Richárd — Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 · 2017
Shevchenko, Kirill — So, W.. 1/2-1/2 · 2022

Games in Spain

Mamedyarov,S (2767) — Chigaev,M (2631) 0-1
Vallejo Pons,F (2667) — Artemiev,V (2711) 1/2-1/2
Vallejo Pons,F (2711) — Inarkiev,E (2661) 0-1
Vallejo Pons,F (2703) — Le,Quang Liem (2709) 1/2-1/2
Vallejo Pons,F (2704) — Anton Guijarro,D (2694) 1-0
Maze,S (2541) — Shirov,A (2704) 0-1
Sjugirov,S (2696) — Pichot,A (2641) 1-0
Quparadze,G (2463) — Anton Guijarro,D (2675) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 Nc3
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Ba4 Nf6 Nc3
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bb5, a6, Ba4, Nf6, Nc3