Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Schliemann Defense Deferred
ECO C70 · 185 games · White to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
| d3 | 75 | 40.5% | | |
| d4 | 43 | 23.2% | | |
| Bxc6 | 18 | 9.7% | | |
| exf5 | 17 | 9.2% | | |
| Nc3 | 10 | 5.4% | | |
A further 22 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
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Morphy DefenseC78… 4... Nf6 5. O-O8,101ClosedC84… 4... Nf6 5. O-O Be73,408ClosedC88… 4... Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb33,404Morphy Defense, Caro VariationC70… 4... b53,071Morphy Defense, Anderssen VariationC77… 4... Nf6 5. d32,967ClosedC88… 4... Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O2,181Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz DefenseC71… 4... d61,822Morphy Defense, Neo-Arkhangelsk VariationC78… 4... Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc51,300Morphy Defense, Classical Defense DeferredC70… 4... Bc51,059ClosedC90… 4... Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O957
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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.