Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred

C79

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6

How it went

141 ours · 160 masters

White wins 42% Draws 22% Black wins 36%

Continuations

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Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense Deferred, Lipnitsky Variation C79 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Bg4

Master games

Nepomniachtchi, Ian — Artemiev, Vladislav 1/2-1/2 · 2020
Aronian, Levon — Karthikeyan, Murali 1/2-1/2 · 2021
Buraschi, Osvaldo — Van Oosterom, Joop 1/2-1/2 · 2007
Grischuk, Alexander — Alonso Rosell, Alvar 1-0 · 2021
Nepomniachtchi, Ian — Rapport, Richard 1/2-1/2 · 2019

Games in Spain

Grischuk,A (2764) — Alonso Rosell,A (2570) 1-0
Ayats Llobera,Gerard (2451) — Alekseenko,K (2707) 1-0
Anton Guijarro,D (2691) — Grandelius,N (2674) 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A (2668) — Sambuev,B (2462) 0-1
Shirov,A (2668) — Jones,G (2620) 0-1
Shirov,A (2665) — Indjic,A (2610) 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A (2665) — Wen,Teddie (2263) 1-0
Shirov,A (2665) — Bolat,Inayat (2264) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O d6
e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Ba4 Nf6 O-O d6
e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bb5, a6, Ba4, Nf6, O-O, d6