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ECO C15: French Defense

ECO C15 is part of volume C — Open Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 14 named lines under it. The shortest is French Defense: Winawer Variation: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4.

That position has come up in 5,155,476 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 49.2%, 5.3% were drawn and Black won 45.5%.

OpeningMovesPlies
French Defense: Winawer Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 6
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine-Maróczy Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 7
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Delayed Exchange Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 7
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 7
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Wolf Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Bg5 9
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation, Schwarz's Line 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Ne7 5. Nb1 9
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine Gambit Accepted 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 10
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation, Kunin Double Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Qxd4 10
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Exchange Variation, Canal Attack 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Qh5 11
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Kondratiyev Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bd2 11
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Winckelmann-Reimer Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. f3 11
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine Gambit, Kan Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 12
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation, Main Line 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Nf6 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qh6 13
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine Gambit, Alatortsev Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 16