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- French Defense C00
- Knight Variation C00
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French Defense: Two Knights Variation
Overview
French Defense: Two Knights Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C00.
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. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3, after 5 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of French Defense: Knight Variation, which itself descends from the root opening French Defense.
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- ECO code
- C00
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 5
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Statistics from Lichess
3,260,031 games · White 49.3% / Draw 4.9% / Black 45.8%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf6 | 1,010,037 | |
| d4 | 882,013 | |
| dxe4 | 796,431 | |
| c5 | 282,286 | |
| c6 | 103,185 | |
| Bb4 | 80,263 | |
| Nc6 | 29,162 | |
| f5 | 18,916 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:09:39
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