Tree path 13 levels French Defense › Normal Variation › French Defense › Paulsen Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation › Advance Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation
- Chess Codex
- French Defense C00
- Normal Variation C00
- French Defense C00
- Paulsen Variation C10
- French Defense: Winawer Variation C15
- Advance Variation C16
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation C17
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation C17
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation C18
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation C18
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation C19
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation C19
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation C19 you are here
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation
Overview
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C19.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It begins with 18 plies and takes 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation, which itself descends from the root opening French Defense.
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- ECO code
- C19
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 18
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Statistics from Lichess
3,160 games · White 52.8% / Draw 5.2% / Black 42.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Be2 | 1,349 | |
| g3 | 746 | |
| h4 | 625 | |
| Ng5 | 197 | |
| Qb1 | 121 | |
| g4 | 47 | |
| Qc1 | 22 | |
| Nh4 | 17 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 03:19:39
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