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French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Maróczy Variation
Overview
French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Maróczy Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C13.
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 12 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6.
It is a variation of French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, which itself descends from the root opening French Defense.
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- ECO code
- C13
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 12
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