C11

French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Brodsky-Jones Variation trainer

Type a move and press Enter: e4, Nf3, O-O, or from and to squares like g1f3 (e7e8q to promote). The board is also played with the mouse.

Practise the French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Brodsky-Jones Variation

Play Black's moves of the line from memory — 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc5 8. Qg4 O-O 9. Nf3 f6 — and the trainer plays White's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

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