Chess opening
Ruy Lopez: Morphy DefenseC70
The Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense is a chess opening classified under ECO code C70. It is reached after the moves:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
Play it vs Stockfish Open in analysis board
Comes from
Main continuations
- Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation (C68)
- Ruy Lopez: Bird's Defense Deferred (C70)
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Alapin's Defense Deferred (C70)
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Caro Variation (C70)
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Classical Defense Deferred (C70)
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Cozio Defense (C70)
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Fianchetto Defense Deferred (C70)
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (C71)
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Schliemann Defense Deferred (C70)
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense (C78)
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation (C77)
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Bayreuth Variation (C77)
Related lines in the Ruy Lopez
- Ruy Lopez (C60)
- Ruy Lopez: Alapin Defense (C60)
- Ruy Lopez: Alapin Defense, Alapin Gambit (C60)
- Ruy Lopez: Brentano Gambit (C60)
- Ruy Lopez: Bulgarian Variation (C60)
- Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense (C60)
- Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense, Paulsen Variation (C60)
- Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense, Tartakower Gambit (C60)
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