Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Ruy Lopez › Morphy Defense › Modern Steinitz Defense
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Ruy Lopez C60
- Morphy Defense C70
- Modern Steinitz Defense C71 you are here
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense
Overview
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense is a named branch in the Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO C71.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It begins with 8 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
5 named variations grow from this line, including Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense, Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense, Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense, and others.
Together the deeper variations number 11 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- C71
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 8
- Parent
- Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense
- Direct variations
- 5
- Total in subtree
- 11
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Variations (5)
Show all 11 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C71 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 9-ply
- C71 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 9-ply
- C72 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 9-ply
- C73 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 11-ply
- C74 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 9-ply
- C72 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Kecskemet Variation 18-ply
- C73 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 12-ply
- C75 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 10-ply
- C74 Siesta Variation 10-ply
- C74 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 13-ply
- C75 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense 12-ply