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C70

Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Norwegian Variation

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Overview

Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Norwegian Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C70.

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

It begins with 10 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Caro Variation, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Nightingale Gambit.

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ECO code
C70
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
10
Parent
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Caro Variation
Direct variations
1

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