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C15

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine Gambit Accepted

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Overview

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine Gambit Accepted belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C15, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

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 10 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+.

The line refines French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine-Maróczy Gambit, which traces back to the root opening French Defense.

It continues primarily into one named line, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine Gambit, Kan Variation.

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ECO code
C15
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
10
Parent
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine-Maróczy Gambit
Direct variations
1

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Variations (1)