ECO C70

Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense

Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense is a chess opening classified under ECO C70. Its defining line here is 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6.

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6

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Opening name, ECO code, and main line come from the Lichess open chess openings dataset.

Other catalogued lines with this name

  • C78: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
  • C78: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6

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