C79 is the opening Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred of the volume C · Open games: 10 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 4 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
704 games in the collections, from 1860 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2459.
White wins 36 %, draws 42 %, Black wins 22 %
Most games: Klovans, Janis (21), Knaak, Rainer (20), Alekhine, Alexander (18), Keres, Paul (18), Ciocaltea, Victor (17)
All 4 variations
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 ♘f6 5.O-O d6
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 ♘f6 5.O-O d6 6.♗xc6+ bxc6 7.d4 ♘xe4
- Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense Deferred, Boleslavsky Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 ♘f6 5.O-O d6 6.♗xc6+ bxc6 7.d4 ♘xe4 8.♖e1 f5 9.dxe5 d5 10.♘c3
- Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense Deferred, Lipnitsky Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 ♘f6 5.O-O d6 6.♗xc6+ bxc6 7.d4 ♗g4