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ECO C17: French Defense
ECO C17 is part of volume C — Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 9 named lines under it.
The shortest is French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation :
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5.
That position has come up in 2,002,189 Lichess games between
players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 48.6%,
5.1% were drawn and Black won 46.3%.
Opening Moves Plies
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5
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French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3
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French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, Moscow Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4
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French Defense: Winawer Variation, Bogoljubow Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2
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French Defense: Winawer Variation, Retreat Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5
10
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Icelandic Defense
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. f4
11
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Maróczy-Wallis Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3
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French Defense: Winawer Variation, Retreat Variation, Armenian Line
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4
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French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. Nf3
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