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C11 French Defense: Classical Variation

C11 French Defense: Classical Variation8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6

C11 is the opening French Defense: Classical Variation of the volume C · Open games: 6 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 19 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

4,557 games in the collections, from 1873 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2462.

White wins 40 %, draws 34 %, Black wins 26 %

Most games: Luther, Thomas (67), Glek, Igor V (61), Gurevich, Mikhail (57), Volkov, Sergey (52), Nijboer, Friso (46)

All 19 variations

  1. French Defense: Classical Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6
  2. French Defense: Classical Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5
  3. French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 dxe4
  4. French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation, Main Line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 dxe4 5.♘xe4 ♗e7 6.♗xf6 ♗xf6 7.♘f3 O-O
  5. French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation, Morozevich Line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 dxe4 5.♘xe4 ♗e7 6.♗xf6 gxf6
  6. French Defense: Classical Variation, Delayed Exchange Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.exd5
  7. French Defense: Classical Variation, Shirov-Anand Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.e5 ♘fd7 5.♘ce2
  8. French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.e5
  9. French Defense: Classical Variation, Swiss Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗d3
  10. French Defense: Henneberger Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗e3
  11. French Defense: Steinitz Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 a6 4.♘f3 ♘f6 5.e5 ♘fd7
  12. French Defense: Steinitz Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 a6 4.♘f3 ♘f6 5.e5 ♘fd7 6.a3
  13. French Defense: Steinitz Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 a6 4.♘f3 ♘f6 5.e5 ♘fd7 6.♘e2
  14. French Defense: Steinitz Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.e5 ♘fd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 ♘c6
  15. French Defense: Steinitz Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.e5 ♘fd7 5.f4 c5 6.♘f3
  16. French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.e5 ♘fd7 5.f4 c5 6.♘f3 ♘c6 7.♗e3
  17. French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Bradford Attack Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.e5 ♘fd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 ♗xc5 7.♕g4
  18. French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Brodsky-Jones Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.e5 ♘fd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 ♘c6 7.a3 ♗xc5 8.♕g4 O-O 9.♘f3 f6
  19. French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Gledhill Attack 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.e5 ♘fd7 5.♕g4