ECO C11: French Defense
ECO C11 is part of volume C, Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 19 named lines under it.
The shortest is French Defense: Classical Variation:
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6.
That position has come up in 8,101,227 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 48.7%, 5.1% were drawn and Black won 46.2%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Defense: Classical Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 |
8.1M | 3 moves |
| French Defense: Classical Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 |
3.4M | 4 moves |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Delayed Exchange Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 |
569K | 4 moves |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 |
4.1M | 4 moves |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Swiss Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 |
371K | 4 moves |
| French Defense: Henneberger Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be3 |
64K | 4 moves |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 |
832K | 4 moves |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Shirov-Anand Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 |
474K | 5 moves |
| French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Gledhill Attack | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Qg4 |
73K | 5 moves |
| French Defense: Steinitz Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 |
102K | 5 moves |
| French Defense: Steinitz Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. a3 |
9,417 | 6 moves |
| French Defense: Steinitz Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Ne2 |
13K | 6 moves |
| French Defense: Steinitz Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 |
1.8M | 6 moves |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation, Morozevich Line | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 |
137K | 6 moves |
| French Defense: Steinitz Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 |
7,727 | 6 moves |
| French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 |
1.1M | 7 moves |
| French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Bradford Attack Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qg4 |
8,693 | 7 moves |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation, Main Line | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O |
207K | 7 moves |
| French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Brodsky-Jones Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc5 8. Qg4 O-O 9. Nf3 f6 |
32 | 9 moves |