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C05

French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation

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Overview

French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C05.

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 6 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6.

It is a variation of French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, which itself descends from the root opening French Defense.

It branches into 3 notable variations — French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Botvinnik Variation, French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation, French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Pawn Center Variation.

Together the deeper variations number 5 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
C05
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
6
Parent
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation
Direct variations
3
Total in subtree
5

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Variations (3)

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