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All ECO codes · C · Open games

C00 French Defense

C00 French Defense8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.e4 e6

C00 is the opening French Defense of the volume C · Open games: 2 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 43 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

7,179 games in the collections, from 1794 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2395.

White wins 41 %, draws 29 %, Black wins 30 %

Most games: Uhlmann, Wolfgang (63), Belkhodja, Slim (52), Chigorin, Mikhail (52), Komliakov, Viktor (44), Farago, Ivan (43)

All 43 variations

  1. French Defense 1.e4 e6
  2. French Defense 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5
  3. French Defense: Alapin Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♗e3
  4. French Defense: Baeuerle Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.d4 b5
  5. French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.b4
  6. French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit, Pinova Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.b4 ♗xb4 3.e5
  7. French Defense: Bird Invitation 1.e4 e6 2.♗b5
  8. French Defense: Carlson Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘f3 dxe4 4.♘e5
  9. French Defense: Chigorin Variation 1.e4 e6 2.♕e2
  10. French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4
  11. French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit Accepted 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 dxe4
  12. French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5
  13. French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.exf5
  14. French Defense: Franco-Sicilian Defense 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5
  15. French Defense: Hoffmann Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♕e2 e5 4.f4 exf4
  16. French Defense: Horwitz Attack 1.e4 e6 2.b3
  17. French Defense: Horwitz Attack, Papa-Ticulat Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.♗b2
  18. French Defense: King's Indian Attack 1.e4 e6 2.d3
  19. French Defense: King's Indian Attack, Franco-Hiva Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.d3 f5
  20. French Defense: Knight Variation 1.e4 e6 2.♘f3
  21. French Defense: Knight Variation, Franco-Hiva Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.♘f3 f5
  22. French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation 1.e4 e6 2.f4
  23. French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation, Reuter Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.♘f3 dxe4
  24. French Defense: Mediterranean Defense 1.e4 e6 2.d4 ♘f6
  25. French Defense: Morphy Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘h3
  26. French Defense: Normal Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4
  27. French Defense: Orthoschnapp Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.♕b3
  28. French Defense: Pelikan Variation 1.e4 e6 2.♘c3 d5 3.f4
  29. French Defense: Perseus Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘f3
  30. French Defense: Queen's Knight 1.e4 e6 2.♘c3
  31. French Defense: Reversed Philidor Formation 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.♘d2 ♘f6 4.♘gf3 ♘c6 5.♗e2
  32. French Defense: Réti-Spielmann Attack 1.e4 e6 2.g3
  33. French Defense: Schlechter Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♗d3
  34. French Defense: St. George Defense 1.e4 e6 2.d4 a6
  35. French Defense: St. George Defense, Sanky-George Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.d4 a6 3.c4 b5
  36. French Defense: St. George Defense, St. George Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.d4 a6 3.c4 b5 4.cxb5 axb5
  37. French Defense: St. George Defense, Three Pawn Attack 1.e4 e6 2.d4 a6 3.c4
  38. French Defense: St. George Defense, Traditional Line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 a6 3.♘f3 b5 4.♗d3 c5 5.c3 ♗b7 6.O-O ♘f6
  39. French Defense: Steiner Variation 1.e4 e6 2.c4
  40. French Defense: Steinitz Attack 1.e4 e6 2.e5
  41. French Defense: Two Knights Variation 1.e4 e6 2.♘f3 d5 3.♘c3
  42. French Defense: Wing Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.♘f3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4
  43. Rat Defense: Small Center Defense 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d6