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French Defense: Tarrasch Variation
Overview
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation is a named branch in the Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO C03.
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 5 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from French Defense, part of the broader French Defense system.
7 distinct sub-variations branch from this opening; prominent examples include French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Kasparov Attack, Closed Variation, Guimard Defense, and others.
Together the deeper variations number 23 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- C03
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 5
- Parent
- French Defense
- Direct variations
- 7
- Total in subtree
- 23
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Variations (7)
Show all 23 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C10 French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Kasparov Attack 13-ply
- C05 Closed Variation 6-ply
- C03 Guimard Defense 6-ply
- C03 Haberditz Variation 6-ply
- C03 Modern System 6-ply
- C03 Morozevich Variation 6-ply
- C07 Open System 6-ply
- C05 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Botvinnik Variation 12-ply
- C07 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Chistyakov Defense 8-ply
- C05 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation 12-ply
- C04 Main Line 8-ply
- C03 Thunderbunny Variation 10-ply
- C08 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System 8-ply
- C07 Euwe-Keres Line 7-ply
- C07 Shaposhnikov Gambit 8-ply
- C07 Süchting Line 7-ply
- C05 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Pawn Center Variation 9-ply
- C07 Modern Line 20-ply
- C06 Main Line 15-ply
- C07 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Eliskases Variation 12-ply
- C08 Advance Line 10-ply
- C09 Main Line 10-ply
- C06 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Leningrad Variation 16-ply