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French Defense: Advance Variation, Euwe Variation

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Overview

French Defense: Advance Variation, Euwe Variation is a named branch in the Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO C02.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It begins with 10 plies and takes 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 to reach the canonical position.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from French Defense: Advance Variation, Paulsen Attack, part of the broader French Defense system.

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ECO code
C02
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
10
Parent
French Defense: Advance Variation, Paulsen Attack

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