ECO C18: French Defense
ECO C18 is part of volume C — Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 16 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 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3.
That position has come up in 1,051,361 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 48.0%, 5.3% were drawn and Black won 46.7%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 |
11 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 |
12 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Classical Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 |
12 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Portisch-Hook Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 |
12 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, with Bd3 | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Bd3 |
13 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, with h4 | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 |
13 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, with Bd3 | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Qc7 |
14 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, with h4 | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 |
14 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Eingorn Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 |
14 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 |
14 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Warsaw Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O |
14 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 |
15 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation Declined | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3 |
15 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Nbc6 |
18 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation, Main Line | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 |
19 |
| French Defense: Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation, Paoli Variation | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Kd1 |
19 |