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C03

French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Guimard Defense, Thunderbunny Variation

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Overview

French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Guimard Defense, Thunderbunny Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C03.

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. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 e5 to reach the canonical position.

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

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ECO code
C03
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
10
Parent
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Guimard Defense

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