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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
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♞ You have reached Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense C70 — the catalogued line ends exactly here.
Matching openings 153
- Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation C68 1 ply deeper
- Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Lutikov Variation C68 2 plies deeper
- Ruy Lopez: Bird's Defense Deferred C70 2 plies deeper
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Alapin's Defense Deferred C70 2 plies deeper
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Caro Variation C70 2 plies deeper
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Classical Defense Deferred C70 2 plies deeper
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Cozio Defense C70 2 plies deeper
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Fianchetto Defense Deferred C70 2 plies deeper
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Schliemann Defense Deferred C70 2 plies deeper
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense C71 2 plies deeper
- Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Keres Variation C68 3 plies deeper
- Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Normal Variation C69 3 plies deeper
…and 141 more lines run through this position — keep making moves to narrow it down.
3810 catalogued lines in total · openings encyclopedia