C97 is the opening Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense of the volume C · Open games: 18 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 3 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
1,000 games in the collections, from 1906 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2453.
White wins 35 %, draws 49 %, Black wins 16 %
Most games: Ivkov, Borislav (44), Gligoric, Svetozar (37), Matanovic, Aleksandar (33), Unzicker, Wolfgang (25), Keres, Paul (19)
All 3 variations
- Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 ♘f6 5.O-O ♗e7 6.♖e1 b5 7.♗b3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 ♘a5
- Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 ♘f6 5.O-O ♗e7 6.♖e1 b5 7.♗b3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 ♘a5 10.♗c2 c5 11.d4 ♕c7
- Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin, Yugoslav System 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 ♘f6 5.O-O ♗e7 6.♖e1 b5 7.♗b3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 ♘a5 10.♗c2 c5 11.d4 ♕c7 12.♘bd2 ♗d7 13.♘f1 ♖fe8 14.♘e3 g6