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- Chess Codex
- French Defense C00
- Normal Variation C00
- French Defense C00
- Paulsen Variation C10
- French Defense: Classical Variation C11
- French Defense: Classical Variation C11
- Normal Variation C13
- French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack C13 you are here
French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack
Overview
French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C13.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4, after 11 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of French Defense: Classical Variation, Normal Variation, which itself descends from the root opening French Defense.
It branches into 5 notable variations — Albin-Chatard Gambit, Breyer Variation, Maróczy Variation, and others.
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- ECO code
- C13
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 11
- Direct variations
- 5
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Statistics from Lichess
600,939 games · White 53.4% / Draw 4.5% / Black 42.2%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| h6 | 169,400 | |
| Bxg5 | 164,803 | |
| a6 | 128,019 | |
| c5 | 84,284 | |
| O-O | 30,152 | |
| Nc6 | 9,455 | |
| f6 | 7,219 | |
| h5 | 3,310 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:27:32
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