C61 is the opening Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation of the volume C · Open games: 6 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 2 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
835 games in the collections, from 1836 to 2020. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2401.
White wins 44 %, draws 30 %, Black wins 26 %
Most games: Jirka, Jiri (78), Najer, Evgeniy (25), Bird, Henry Edward (24), Malaniuk, Vladimir P (22), Kupreichik, Viktor D (19)
All 2 variations
- Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 ♘d4
- Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation, Paulsen Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 ♘d4 4.♘xd4 exd4 5.O-O ♘e7