Tree path 2 levels French Defense › Queen's Knight
- Chess Codex
- French Defense C00
- Queen's Knight C00 you are here
French Defense: Queen's Knight
Overview
French Defense: Queen's Knight is a named branch in the Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO C00.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It begins with 3 plies and takes 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 to reach the canonical position.
It branches immediately from French Defense in the opening tree.
2 named variations grow from this line, including French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Duras Variation, French Defense: Pelikan Variation.
Use the board to walk through every move, check how the position has scored on Lichess, or take it head-to-head against Stockfish.
- ECO code
- C00
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 3
- Parent
- French Defense
- Direct variations
- 2
This overview is generated automatically from the opening's metadata. A more detailed, human-written description is on the way — and you can speed it up by suggesting one yourself.
Statistics from Lichess
Loading…
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached
Description
Write a description
Markdown supported (headings ###, bold, lists, links).
Submissions are reviewed before publishing.