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C19 French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, Smyslov Variation

C19 French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, Smyslov Variation8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e5 ♘e7 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.a4

C19 is the opening French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, Smyslov Variation of the volume C · Open games: 13 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 14 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

2,443 games in the collections, from 1935 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2442.

White wins 40 %, draws 35 %, Black wins 25 %

Most games: Uhlmann, Wolfgang (51), De Firmian, Nick E (38), Farago, Ivan (37), Drasko, Milan (32), Kindermann, Stefan (31)

All 14 variations

  1. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, Smyslov Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e5 ♘e7 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.a4
  2. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, Smyslov Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e5 ♘e7 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.a4 ♕c7
  3. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 ♘e7 7.a4 ♘bc6 8.♘f3
  4. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 ♘e7 7.a4 ♘bc6 8.♘f3 ♕a5 9.♕d2
  5. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 ♘e7 7.a4 ♘bc6 8.♘f3 ♕a5 9.♕d2 ♗d7
  6. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 ♘e7 7.a4 ♘bc6 8.♘f3 ♕a5 9.♗d2
  7. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 ♘e7 7.a4 ♘bc6 8.♘f3 ♕a5 9.♗d2 ♗d7
  8. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 ♘e7 7.a4 ♘bc6 8.♘f3 ♕a5 9.♗d2 c4
  9. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 ♘e7 7.♘f3
  10. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 ♘c6 7.♘f3 ♘ge7
  11. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 ♘e7 7.♘f3 ♕c7
  12. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 ♘e7 7.♘f3 ♕c7 8.h4
  13. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 ♘e7 7.♗d3 ♘bc6 8.♘f3
  14. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 ♗xc3+ 6.bxc3 ♘c6 7.♘f3 ♕a5 8.♗d2 ♘ge7