C81 is the opening Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell Attack of the volume C · Open games: 17 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 3 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
470 games in the collections, from 1946 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2479.
White wins 37 %, draws 46 %, Black wins 18 %
Most games: Matulovic, Milan (19), Jansa, Vlastimil (18), Honfi, Karoly (12), Kortschnoj, Viktor (11), Unzicker, Wolfgang (10)
All 3 variations
- Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 ♘f6 5.O-O ♘xe4 6.d4 b5 7.♗b3 d5 8.dxe5 ♗e6 9.♕e2
- Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 ♘f6 5.O-O ♘xe4 6.d4 b5 7.♗b3 d5 8.dxe5 ♗e6 9.♕e2 ♗e7 10.c4
- Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell Attack, Ekstrom Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 ♘f6 5.O-O ♘xe4 6.d4 b5 7.♗b3 d5 8.dxe5 ♗e6 9.♕e2 ♗e7 10.♖d1 O-O 11.c4 bxc4 12.♗xc4 ♕d7