ECO C12: French Defense
ECO C12 is part of volume C — Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 13 named lines under it.
The shortest is French Defense: McCutcheon Variation:
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4.
That position has come up in 506,877 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 46.7%, 6.1% were drawn and Black won 47.2%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| French Defense: McCutcheon Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 |
8 |
| French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Advance Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 |
9 |
| French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Exchange Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 |
9 |
| French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Bernstein Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 |
11 |
| French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Chigorin Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 |
11 |
| French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Dr. Olland Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 |
11 |
| French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Janowski Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 |
11 |
| French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Lasker Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 |
12 |
| French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Tartakower Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Nfd7 |
12 |
| French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Bogoljubow Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd2 Qa5 |
14 |
| French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, 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 g6 |
16 |
| French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Duras Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bc1 |
17 |
| French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Grigoriev 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 |
17 |