Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense

C78

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

How it went

2,786 ours · 26,149 masters

White wins 43% Draws 25% Black wins 32%

Continuations

9

Ruy Lopez: Brix Variation C78 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O g6 1 Ruy Lopez: Central Countergambit C78 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d5 Ruy Lopez: Closed C84 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 1,717 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Møller Variation C78 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 182 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred C79 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 141 Ruy Lopez: Open C80 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 237 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Arkhangelsk Variation C78 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 79 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation C78 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 380 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Wing Attack C78 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 8

Master games

Grischuk, Alexander — Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 · 2016
Caruana, F. — Gareev, T. 1-0 · 2022
McShane, Luke J — Tazbir, Marcin 1/2-1/2 · 2013
Hjartarson, Johann — Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 · 2003
Hjartarson, Johann — Sokolov, Ivan 1/2-1/2 · 2003

Games in Spain

Alekseenko,K (2675) — Ortega Ruiz,J (2363) 1-0
Shirov,A (2652) — Turzo,A (2272) 1-0
Tari, Aryan (2641) — Bravo Freire, Aitor (1839) 1-0
Dvirnyy,D (2514) — Alvarez Sanchez,David (1828) 1-0
Pranav,V (2493) — Bayo Milagro,Alvaro (2280) 1-0
Berdychevaskaya,N (2208) — Aloma Vidal,R (2437) 0-1
Leenhouts,K (2419) — Jimenez Ruano,Adrian (2218) 1-0
Onoprijchuk,B (2385) — Jimenez Almeida,L (2208) 1-0

This line is also written

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