C71 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense

C71 is the opening Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense of the volume C · Open games: 8 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 4 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

404 games in the collections, from 1871 to 2020. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2421.

White wins 32 %, draws 35 %, Black wins 32 %

Most games: Keres, Paul (16), Yandemirov, Valeri (16), Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel (11), Ciocaltea, Victor (9), Saemisch, Fritz (9)

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