C73 is the opening Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense of the volume C · Open games: 11 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 2 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
665 games in the collections, from 1892 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2429.
White wins 32 %, draws 39 %, Black wins 29 %
Most games: Westerinen, Heikki MJ (21), Ciocaltea, Victor (18), Sliwa, Bogdan (17), Keres, Paul (16), Yandemirov, Valeri (14)
All 2 variations
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 d6 5.♗xc6+ bxc6 6.d4
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 d6 5.♗xc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6