Caissa Codex
C11

French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation trainer

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Practise the French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation

The Steinitz Variation is 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5, a line of the Classical Variation of the French Defense named after Wilhelm Steinitz. Play White's moves of the line from memory — 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 — and the trainer plays Black's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

"Drill all" adds the 7 named lines that continue it, such as French Defense: Steinitz Variation, French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation, French Defense: Classical Variation, Shirov-Anand Variation, French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Gledhill Attack, French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Bradford Attack Variation, French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Brodsky-Jones Variation.

Read about the line, its statistics on Lichess and Stockfish's evaluation on the French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation page, or pick another opening in the opening trainer.

https://chesscodex.org/train/french-defense-classical-variation-steinitz-variation