C16

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation trainer

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Practise the French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation

The Advance Variation of the Winawer is 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5, White's normal answer to the pin on c3. Play White's moves of the line from memory — 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 — and the trainer plays Black's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

"Drill all" adds the 40 named lines that continue it, such as French Defense: Winawer Variation, Maróczy-Wallis Variation, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Classical Variation, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Retreat Variation, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Portisch-Hook Variation, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation, Main Line.

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