C98 is the opening Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense of the volume C · Open games: 24 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 2 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
601 games in the collections, from 1907 to 2019. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2399.
White wins 32 %, draws 50 %, Black wins 17 %
Most games: Lengyel, Bela (63), Smyslov, Vassily (17), Karpov, Anatoly (14), Matanovic, Aleksandar (14), Hernandez, Roman (13)
All 2 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 10.♗c2 c5 11.d4 ♕c7 12.♘bd2 ♘c6
- 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 12.♘bd2 ♘c6 13.dxc5