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C11

French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation

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Overview

French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C11.

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

It is reached after 8 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4.

It is a variation of French Defense: Classical Variation, which itself descends from the root opening French Defense.

It continues primarily into one named line, French Defense: Classical Variation.

In total, the branch covers 3 sub-variations across all depths.

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ECO code
C11
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
8
Parent
French Defense: Classical Variation
Direct variations
1
Total in subtree
3

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Variations (1)

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