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French Defense: Exchange Variation, Bogoljubow Variation

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Overview

French Defense: Exchange Variation, Bogoljubow Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C01.

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 10 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nc6.

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

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ECO code
C01
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
10
Parent
French Defense: Exchange Variation

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