Chess Codex
Tree path 15 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ruy Lopez › Morphy Defense › Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense › Ruy Lopez: Closed › Ruy Lopez: Closed › Ruy Lopez: Closed › Ruy Lopez: Closed › Chigorin Defense › Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense › Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense › Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense › Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense
  1. Chess Codex
  2. King's Pawn Game C20
  3. King's Knight Opening C40
  4. Normal Variation C44
  5. Ruy Lopez C60
  6. Morphy Defense C70
  7. Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense C78
  8. Ruy Lopez: Closed C84
  9. Ruy Lopez: Closed C88
  10. Ruy Lopez: Closed C90
  11. Ruy Lopez: Closed C92
  12. Chigorin Defense C97
  13. Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense C96
  14. Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense C96
  15. Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense C97
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C98

Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense

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Overview

Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense is a named branch in the Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO C98.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

The line arises from 24 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.

It continues primarily into one named line, Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense.

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ECO code
C98
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
24
Parent
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense
Direct variations
1

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Variations (1)

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Sister lines that share the same parent Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense:

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