ECO C05: French Defense
ECO C05 is part of volume C — Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 4 named lines under it.
The shortest is French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation:
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6.
That position has come up in 3,424,619 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 51.4%, 5.0% were drawn and Black won 43.6%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 |
6 |
| French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Pawn Center Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 |
9 |
| French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Botvinnik Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 |
12 |
| French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 |
12 |