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- French Defense C00
- Normal Variation C00
- French Defense C00
- Paulsen Variation C10
- French Defense: Rubinstein Variation C10
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French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Fort Knox Variation
Overview
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Fort Knox Variation 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 begins with 10 plies and takes 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, part of the broader French Defense system.
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- ECO code
- C10
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 10
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