ECO C14: French Defense
ECO C14 is part of volume C — Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 8 named lines under it.
The shortest is French Defense: Classical Variation:
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bg5.
That position has come up in 19,097 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 44.8%, 4.7% were drawn and Black won 50.4%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| French Defense: Classical Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bg5 |
11 |
| French Defense: Classical Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 |
12 |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Alapin Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nb5 |
13 |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Pollock Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qg4 |
13 |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Rubinstein Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 |
13 |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 |
13 |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Tarrasch Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bd3 |
13 |
| French Defense: Classical Variation, Stahlberg Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O c4 |
20 |