Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7
The Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C76, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7. It is a line of the Ruy Lopez. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 7. dxe5 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.59 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 7. h3 Bg7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 O-O)
- ECO
- C76
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. dxe5 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
207 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 39%, draw 35%, Black 26%). The strongest:
- GM Michael Adams (2745) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2863) 1/2-1/2 · Vugar Gashimov Mem 2015 · 2015-04-20
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2784) – GM Vladislav Artemiev (2716) 1-0 · Chessable Masters Final 8 · 2020-06-25
- GM Sergey Karjakin (2779) – GM Dmitry Andreikin (2700) 1-0 · World Blitz Final · 2012-07-10
- GM David Navara (2730) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2747) 1/2-1/2 · 78th Tata Steel GpA · 2016-01-27
- GM Quang Liem Le (2708) – GM Vladislav Artemiev (2746) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE World Cup 2019 · 2019-09-16
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Elias-123 (1850) – FM purepecha1 (2293) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Ruy Lopez: Fianchetto Defense 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6
More Ruy Lopez lines (all)
- Ruy Lopez C60
- Ruy Lopez: Alapin Defense C60
- Ruy Lopez: Alapin Defense, Alapin Gambit C60
- Ruy Lopez: Brentano Gambit C60
- Ruy Lopez: Bulgarian Variation C60
- Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense C60
- Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense, Paulsen Variation C60
- Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense, Tartakower Gambit C60
- Ruy Lopez: Fianchetto Defense, Kevitz Gambit C60
- Ruy Lopez: Lucena Variation C60
- Ruy Lopez: Nürnberg Variation C60
- Ruy Lopez: Pollock Defense C60
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.