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- Chess Codex
- French Defense C00
- Normal Variation C00
- French Defense C00
- Paulsen Variation C10
- French Defense: Rubinstein Variation C10
- Blackburne Defense C10 you are here
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense
Overview
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense is a named branch in the Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO C10.
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 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, part of the broader French Defense system.
It continues primarily into one named line, French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Capablanca Line.
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- ECO code
- C10
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 8
- Direct variations
- 1
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