Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense

The book line for Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense is e4, e5, Nf3, Nc6, Bb5, a6. This page collects the 39 named lines under that variation.

39 named lines · ECO C70, C71, C72, C73, C74, C75, C76, C77, C78, C79, C80 · 7,178 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense

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  1. e4
  2. e5
  3. Nf3
  4. Nc6
  5. Bb5
  6. a6

Moves in the main line

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black pawn moves from e7 to e5.
  3. White knight moves from g1 to f3.
  4. Black knight moves from b8 to c6.
  5. White bishop moves from f1 to b5.
  6. Black pawn moves from a7 to a6.

Named lines

  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense (C70) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Alapin's Defense Deferred (C70) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bb4
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Caro Variation (C70) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Classical Defense Deferred (C70) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Cozio Defense (C70) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Fianchetto Defense Deferred (C70) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Graz Variation (C70) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Bc5
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Norwegian Variation (C70) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Norwegian Variation, Nightingale Gambit (C70) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. Bxf7+
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Schliemann Defense Deferred (C70) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Schliemann Defense Deferred, Jaenisch Gambit Deferred (C70) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. exf5
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (C71) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (C71) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Nc3
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (C71) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (C72) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (C73) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (C73) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (C74) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (C74) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense, Siesta Variation (C74) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (C75) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (C75) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation (C76) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation (C77) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Bayreuth Variation (C77) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Duras Variation (C77) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Jaffe Gambit (C77) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. c3
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Mackenzie Variation (C77) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Tarrasch Variation (C77) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Wormald Attack (C77) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense (C78) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense (C78) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Arkhangelsk Variation (C78) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Møller Variation (C78) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation (C78) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Wing Attack (C78) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred (C79) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred (C79) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nxe4
  • Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Tartakower Variation (C80) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Qe2

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