ECO C16: French Defense
ECO C16 is part of volume C — Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 2 named lines under it.
The shortest is French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation:
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5.
That position has come up in 2,756,962 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 49.1%, 5.1% were drawn and Black won 45.7%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 |
7 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Petrosian Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 |
8 |