Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Schliemann Defense Deferred, Jaenisch Gambit Deferred
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. exf5
The Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Schliemann Defense Deferred, Jaenisch Gambit Deferred is a chess opening classified as ECO C70, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. exf5. It is a line of the Ruy Lopez. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 54 times by this move order. White won 46%, 8% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 5… e4 (54% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.34 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 5… e4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nd4)
- ECO
- C70
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. exf5
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 7 | |
| 1500-1999 | 27 | |
| 2000+ | 20 | |
| All | 54 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… e4 | 29 (54%) | |
| 5… Nf6 | 11 (20%) | |
| 5… b5 | 5 (9%) | |
| 5… d6 | 4 (7%) | |
| 5… Bc5 | 2 (4%) | |
| 5… d5 | 2 (4%) | |
| 5… Qf6 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
14 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 21%, draw 8%, Black 71%). The strongest:
- IM Vladyslav Larkin (2455) – GM Manuel Perez Candelario (2578) 1-0 · Portuguese Top League · 2022-07-18
- FM Nikolay Averin (2342) – GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2582) 0-1 · World Blitz 2022 · 2022-12-30
- IM Aron Pasti (2355) – IM Alexandr Triapishko (2473) 0-1 · Titled Tue 19th Nov Late · 2024-11-19
- IM Sergey Slugin (2336) – IM Alexandr Triapishko (2473) 0-1 · Titled Tue 5th Nov Early · 2024-11-05
- IM Martin Haubro-Suppanz (2400) – WGM Rakshitta Ravi (2308) 0-1 · OBRO CXU Int. 2024 · 2024-07-26
Highest-rated Lichess games
- gaviacula (2415) – Barsa113 (2249) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 300 + 0s
- Kuhfighter (2317) – madya96 (2327) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Kuku_lele (2203) – DonJohn1337 (2280) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Schliemann Defense Deferred 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5
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 C60
- Ruy Lopez: Fianchetto Defense, Kevitz Gambit C60
- Ruy Lopez: Lucena Variation C60
- Ruy Lopez: Nürnberg Variation 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.