Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Graz Variation
ECO C70 · 791 games · White to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
| c3 | 328 | 41.5% | | |
| O-O | 325 | 41.1% | | |
| d3 | 51 | 6.4% | | |
| Nxe5 | 30 | 3.8% | | |
| Nc3 | 14 | 1.8% | | |
| a4 | 10 | 1.3% | | |
A further 33 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
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Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.