Tree path 8 levels French Defense › Normal Variation › French Defense › Paulsen Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation › Advance Variation › Smyslov Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, Smyslov Variation
- Chess Codex
- French Defense C00
- Normal Variation C00
- French Defense C00
- Paulsen Variation C10
- French Defense: Winawer Variation C15
- Advance Variation C16
- Smyslov Variation C19
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French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, Smyslov Variation
Overview
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, Smyslov Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C19.
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 14 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. a4 Qc7.
It is a variation of French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, Smyslov Variation, which itself descends from the root opening French Defense.
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- ECO code
- C19
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 14
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