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ECO C00: French Defense & Rat Defense

ECO C00 is part of volume C, Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 43 named lines under it, from 2 different openings. The shortest is French Defense: 1. e4 e6.

That position has come up in 172,695,532 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 47.9%, 4.9% were drawn and Black won 47.2%.

OpeningMovesGamesLength
French Defense 1. e4 e6 172.7M 1 move
French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. b4 17K 2 moves
French Defense: Bird Invitation 1. e4 e6 2. Bb5 192K 2 moves
French Defense: Chigorin Variation 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 1M 2 moves
French Defense: Horwitz Attack 1. e4 e6 2. b3 1.4M 2 moves
French Defense: King's Indian Attack 1. e4 e6 2. d3 5.6M 2 moves
French Defense: Knight Variation 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 42.2M 2 moves
French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation 1. e4 e6 2. f4 9.1M 2 moves
French Defense: Normal Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 99.3M 2 moves
French Defense: Queen's Knight 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 8.7M 2 moves
French Defense: Réti-Spielmann Attack 1. e4 e6 2. g3 625K 2 moves
French Defense: Steiner Variation 1. e4 e6 2. c4 4.1M 2 moves
French Defense: Steinitz Attack 1. e4 e6 2. e5 2.6M 2 moves
French Defense 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 75.4M 2 moves
French Defense: Baeuerle Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. d4 b5 37K 2 moves
French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 253K 2 moves
French Defense: Franco-Sicilian Defense 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 7M 2 moves
French Defense: King's Indian Attack, Franco-Hiva Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. d3 f5 17K 2 moves
French Defense: Knight Variation, Franco-Hiva Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 94K 2 moves
French Defense: Mediterranean Defense 1. e4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 1.4M 2 moves
French Defense: St. George Defense 1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 880K 2 moves
Rat Defense: Small Center Defense 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d6 5.9M 2 moves
French Defense: Alapin Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Be3 251K 3 moves
French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit, Pinova Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. b4 Bxb4 3. e5 61 3 moves
French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 478K 3 moves
French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted 1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 135K 3 moves
French Defense: Horwitz Attack, Papa-Ticulat Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 707K 3 moves
French Defense: Morphy Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nh3 909 3 moves
French Defense: Pelikan Variation 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. f4 469K 3 moves
French Defense: Perseus Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 671K 3 moves
French Defense: Schlechter Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 1.7M 3 moves
French Defense: St. George Defense, Three Pawn Attack 1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. c4 251K 3 moves
French Defense: Two Knights Variation 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 3.3M 3 moves
French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit Accepted 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 dxe4 354K 3 moves
French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation, Reuter Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 161K 3 moves
French Defense: St. George Defense, Sanky-George Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. c4 b5 37K 3 moves
French Defense: Carlson Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Ne5 128K 4 moves
French Defense: Orthoschnapp Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Qb3 352K 4 moves
French Defense: Wing Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 945K 4 moves
French Defense: Hoffmann Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Qe2 e5 4. f4 exf4 58 4 moves
French Defense: St. George Defense, St. George Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 axb5 14K 4 moves
French Defense: Reversed Philidor Formation 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Be2 10K 5 moves
French Defense: St. George Defense, Traditional Line 1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. Nf3 b5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Bb7 6. O-O Nf6 25K 6 moves