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Tree path 11 levels French Defense › Normal Variation › French Defense › Advance Variation › French Defense: Advance Variation › French Defense: Advance Variation › French Defense: Advance Variation › Paulsen Attack › French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit › Main Line › French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit, Sørensen Variation
  1. Chess Codex
  2. French Defense C00
  3. Normal Variation C00
  4. French Defense C00
  5. Advance Variation C02
  6. French Defense: Advance Variation C02
  7. French Defense: Advance Variation C02
  8. French Defense: Advance Variation C02
  9. Paulsen Attack C02
  10. French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit C02
  11. Main Line C02
  12. French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit, Sørensen Variation C02 you are here
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French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit, Sørensen Variation

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Overview

French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit, Sørensen Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C02, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

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

The line arises from 17 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Ng5.

The line refines French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit, Main Line, which traces back to the root opening French Defense.

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ECO code
C02
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
17
Parent
French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit, Main Line

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