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- Chess Codex
- French Defense C00
- Normal Variation C00
- French Defense C00
- Paulsen Variation C10
- French Defense: Steinitz Variation C11
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French Defense: Steinitz Variation
Overview
French Defense: Steinitz Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C11.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
The line arises from 11 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. a3.
It is a variation of French Defense: Steinitz Variation, which itself descends from the root opening French Defense.
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- ECO code
- C11
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 11
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