ECO C13: French Defense
ECO C13 is part of volume C — Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 13 named lines under it.
The shortest is French Defense: Classical Variation, Normal Variation:
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7.
That position has come up in 1,999,249 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 51.1%, 5.0% were drawn and Black won 44.0%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Normal Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 |
8 |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Richter Attack | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 |
9 |
| French Defense: Classical Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 |
10 |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Tartakower Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ne4 |
10 |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Vistaneckis Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ng8 |
10 |
| French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 |
11 |
| French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Breyer Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 |
12 |
| French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Maróczy Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6 |
12 |
| French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Spielmann Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 O-O |
12 |
| French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Teichmann Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 f6 |
12 |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Frankfurt Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ng8 6. Be3 b6 |
12 |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Richter Attack | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e5 Be7 7. Qg4 |
13 |
| French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Albin-Chatard Gambit | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 |
14 |