Tree path 6 levels French Defense › Normal Variation › French Defense › Paulsen Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation › Alekhine-Maróczy Gambit
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- French Defense C00
- Normal Variation C00
- French Defense C00
- Paulsen Variation C10
- French Defense: Winawer Variation C15
- Alekhine-Maróczy Gambit C15 you are here
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine-Maróczy Gambit
Overview
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine-Maróczy Gambit 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.
It is reached after 7 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2.
The line refines French Defense: Winawer Variation, which traces back to the root opening French Defense.
The line splits into 3 documented sub-systems: French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Wolf Gambit, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine Gambit Accepted, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine Gambit, Alatortsev Variation.
In total, the branch covers 4 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- C15
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 7
- Direct variations
- 3
- Total in subtree
- 4
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