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French Defense: Rubinstein Variation
Overview
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C10.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It begins with 6 plies and takes 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of French Defense: Paulsen Variation, which itself descends from the root opening French Defense.
It branches into 4 notable variations — Blackburne Defense, Ellis Gambit, Fort Knox Variation, and others.
Together the deeper variations number 5 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- C10
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 6
- Direct variations
- 4
- Total in subtree
- 5
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Statistics from Lichess
4,452,429 games · White 50.7% / Draw 5.9% / Black 43.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nxe4 | 3,968,138 | |
| f3 | 413,975 | |
| Be3 | 16,043 | |
| Bf4 | 15,631 | |
| Bc4 | 14,569 | |
| d5 | 5,253 | |
| a3 | 4,943 | |
| Nge2 | 2,421 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:22:54
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