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

How it went

380 ours · 1,554 masters

White wins 40% Draws 23% Black wins 37%

Continuations

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

Master games

Carlsen, Magnus — Firouzja, Alireza 1-0 · 2021
Karjakin, Sergey — Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 · 2016
Kasparov, Garry — Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 · 2000
Grischuk, Alexander — Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 · 2020
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime — Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 · 2020

Games in Spain

Pichot,A (2638) — Caruana,F (2766) 1/2-1/2
Giri,A (2764) — Shirov,A (2649) 1-0
Vachier Lagrave,M (2763) — Shirov,A (2659) 1/2-1/2
Anand,V (2756) — Santos Latasa,J (2675) 1-0
Dominguez Perez,L (2752) — Shirov,A (2660) 1-0
Nepomniachtchi,I (2742) — Shirov,A (2620) 1/2-1/2
Vachier Lagrave,M (2729) — Pichot,A (2613) 1/2-1/2
Vachier Lagrave,M (2727) — Pichot,A (2650) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O b5 6 Bb3 Bc5
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Ba4 Nf6 O-O b5 Bb3 Bc5
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bb5, a6, Ba4, Nf6, O-O, b5, Bb3, Bc5