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  1. Chess Codex
  2. French Defense C00
  3. Normal Variation C00
  4. French Defense C00
  5. Paulsen Variation C10
  6. French Defense: Classical Variation C11
  7. Steinitz Variation C11
  8. French Defense: Steinitz Variation C11
  9. Brodsky-Jones Variation C11 you are here
C11

French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Brodsky-Jones Variation

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Overview

French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Brodsky-Jones 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.

It begins with 18 plies and takes 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc5 8. Qg4 O-O 9. Nf3 f6 to reach the canonical position.

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
18
Parent
French Defense: Steinitz Variation

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