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French Defense
ECO Codes
C00
1.e4 e6
French Defense
1.e4 e6 2.c4
French Defense, Steiner Variation
1.e4 e6 2.b3
French: Reti (Spielmann) Variation
1.e4 e6 2.e5
French: Steinitz Attack
1. e4 e6 2.f4
French: Labourdonnais Variation
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3
French Defense
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4
French: Wing Gambit
1.e4 e6 2.Nc3
French Defense
1.e2e4 e7e6 b1c3 d7d5 f2f4
French: Pelikan Variation
1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3
French: Two Knights Variation
1.e4 e6 2.Qe2
French: Chigorin Variation
1.e2 e4 e7 e6 d2 d3
French: King's Indian Attack
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be2
French: Reversed Philidor Formation
1.e4 e6 2.d4
French Defense
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d6
Lengfellner system
1.e4 e6 2.d4 a6
St. George Defense
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5
French Defense
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3
French: Schlechter Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3
French: Alapin Variation
C01
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5
French: exchange
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5
French: exchange, Svenonius
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nc6
French: exchange, Bogolyubov
Variation
C02
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5
French: Advance Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5
French: Advance, Steinitz Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4
French: Advance, Nimzowitsch Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3
French: Advance, Nimzowitsch system
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3
French: Advance Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7
French: Advance, Wade Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6
French: Advance Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3
French: Advance, Paulsen Attack
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3
French: Advance, Milner-Barry Gambit
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7
French: Advance, Euwe Variation
C03
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2
French: Tarrasch
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 f5
French: Tarrasch, Haberditz
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6
French: Tarrasch, Guimard Variation
C04
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6
French: Tarrasch, Guimard Main Line
C05
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
French: Tarrasch, Closed Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6
French: Tarrasch, Botvinnik
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6
French: Tarrasch, Closed Variation
C06
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4
8.cxd4
French: Tarrasch, Closed Variation,
Main Line
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nb6
French: Tarrasch, Leningrad
Variation
C07
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
French: Tarrasch, Open Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd8
French: Tarrasch, Eliskases
Variation
C08
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5
French: Tarrasch, Open
C09
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6
French: Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main
Line
C10
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3
French: Paulsen Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.d5
French: Marshall Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
French: Rubinstein Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6
French: Fort Knox Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7
French: Rubinstein Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Ne5
French: Rubinstein, Capablanca Line
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Qd5
French: Frere (Becker) Variation
C11
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
French Defense
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bd3
French: Swiss Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Be3
French: Henneberger Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5
French: Steinitz Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Qg4
French: Steinitz, Bradford Attack
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6
French: Steinitz Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.a3 Bxc5 8.Qg4 0-0 9.Nf3
f6
French: Steinitz, Brodsky-Jones
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3
French: Steinitz Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
French: Steinitz, Boleslavsky
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Qg4
French: Steinitz, Gledhill Attack
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4
French: Burn Variation
C12
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4
French: MacCutcheon Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Qd2 Qa5
French: MacCutcheon, Bogolyubov
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5
French: MacCutcheon, Advance
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.exf6
French: MacCutcheon, Chigorin
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.exf6 hxg5 7.fxg7 Rg8 8.h4 gxh4
9.Qg4
French: MacCutcheon, Grigoriev
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bh4
French: MacCutcheon, Bernstein
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Be3
French: MacCutcheon, Janowski
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bc1
French: MacCutcheon, Dr. Olland
(Dutch) Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Nfd7
French: MacCutcheon, Tartakower
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3
French: MacCutcheon, Lasker
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 Kf8
9.Bc1
French: MacCutcheon, Duras Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 g6
French: MacCutcheon, Lasker
Variation, 8...g6
C13
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
French: Classical
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6
French: Classical, Anderssen
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e5 Be7 7.Qg4
French: Classical, Anderssen-Richter
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Ng8
French: Classical, Vistaneckis (Nimzowitsch)
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Ng8 6.Be3 b6
French: Classical, Frankfurt Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Ne4
French: Classical, Tartakower
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4
French: Albin-Alekhine-Chatard
Attack
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 a6
French: Albin-Alekhine-Chatard
Attack, Maroczy Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 c5
French: Albin-Alekhine-Chatard
Attack, Breyer Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 f6
French: Albin-Alekhine-Chatard
Attack, Teichmann Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 0-0
French: Albin-Alekhine-Chatard
Attack, Spielmann Variation
C14
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7
French: Classical Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Bd3
French: Classical, Tarrasch
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Qd2
French: Classical, Rubinstein
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nb5
French: Classical, Alapin Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Qg4
French: Classical, Pollock Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4
French: Classical, Steinitz
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 0-0 8.Nf3 c5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.0-0-0 c4
French: Classical, Stahlberg
Variation
C15
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
French: Winawer (Nimzowitsch)
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 c5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bd2
French: Winawer, Kondratiyev
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2
French: Winawer
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2
French: Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy)
Gambit
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.N2g3 0-0 8.Be2 Nc6
French: Winawer, Alekhine Gambit, Alatortsev
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+
French: Winawer, Alekhine Gambit
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Nxc3 Nc6
French: Winawer, Alekhine Gambit,
Kan Variation
C16
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5
French: Winawer, Advance Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7
French: Winawer, Petrosian Variation
C17
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5
French: Winawer, Advance Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2
French: Winawer, Advance, Bogolyubov Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Qg4
French: Winawer, Advance, Russian Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3
French: Winawer, Advance, 5.a3
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 cxd4 6.axb4 dxc3 7.Nf3
French: Winawer, Advance, Rauzer Variation
C18
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3
French: Winawer, Advance Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7
French: Winawer, Classical Variation
C19
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7
French: Winawer,
Advance, 6...Ne7
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4
French: Winawer, Advance, Smyslov Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
French: Winawer, Advance, Positional
Main Line
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4
French: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8
9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Kd1
French: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn, Euwe-Gligoric
Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8
9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2
French: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn,
Konstantinopolsky Variation
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