Tree path 12 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
- 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
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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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qc7, after 14 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation, which itself descends from the root opening French Defense.
It continues primarily into one named line, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation.
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- ECO code
- C19
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 14
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
44,845 games · White 49.6% / Draw 5.6% / Black 44.8%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bd3 | 17,272 | |
| a4 | 9,562 | |
| Be2 | 4,946 | |
| Bb5+ | 3,574 | |
| h4 | 2,777 | |
| Bd2 | 2,731 | |
| Be3 | 1,070 | |
| dxc5 | 594 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:57:04
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