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- Chess Codex
- French Defense C00
- Normal Variation C00
- French Defense C00
- Tarrasch Variation C03
- Open System C07
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French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System
Overview
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C08.
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 8 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5.
It is a variation of French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System, which itself descends from the root opening French Defense.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Advance Line, Main Line.
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- ECO code
- C08
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 8
- Direct variations
- 2
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