C72 is the opening Ruy Lopez: Closed, Kecskemet Variation of the volume C · Open games: 18 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 2 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
645 games in the collections, from 1863 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2500.
White wins 43 %, draws 34 %, Black wins 23 %
Most games: Yandemirov, Valeri (28), Westerinen, Heikki MJ (20), Alekseenko,K (15), Ciocaltea, Victor (15), Short,N (15)
All 2 variations
- Ruy Lopez: Closed, Kecskemet Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 d6 5.O-O ♗d7 6.c3 ♘f6 7.d4 ♗e7 8.♘bd2 O-O 9.♖e1 ♗e8
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 d6 5.O-O