C74 is the opening Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense of the volume C · Open games: 9 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 3 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
294 games in the collections, from 1892 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2437.
White wins 42 %, draws 39 %, Black wins 19 %
Most games: Yandemirov, Valeri (30), Ciocaltea, Victor (13), Winants, Luc (9), Capablanca, Jose Raul (6), Sax, Gyula (6)
All 3 variations
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 d6 5.c3
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 ♗xf5 7.O-O
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense, Siesta Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 d6 5.c3 f5