ECO C10: French Defense
ECO C10 is part of volume C — Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 10 named lines under it.
The shortest is French Defense: Paulsen Variation:
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3.
That position has come up in 19,461,036 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 50.0%, 5.3% were drawn and Black won 44.7%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| French Defense: Paulsen Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 |
5 |
| French Defense: Hecht-Reefschläger Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 |
6 |
| French Defense: Marshall Gambit | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 |
6 |
| French Defense: Rubinstein Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 |
6 |
| French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 |
8 |
| French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Ellis Gambit | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 e5 |
8 |
| French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Maric Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Qd5 |
8 |
| French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Fort Knox Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 |
10 |
| French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Capablanca Line | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5 |
13 |
| French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Kasparov Attack | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 |
13 |