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- Chess Codex
- French Defense C00
- Normal Variation C00
- French Defense C00
- Paulsen Variation C10
- French Defense: Rubinstein Variation C10
- Ellis Gambit C10 you are here
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Ellis Gambit
Overview
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Ellis Gambit is a gambit, classified under ECO code C10 within the Open Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 e5, after 8 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, which itself descends from the root opening French Defense.
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- ECO code
- C10
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 8
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