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French Defense: Winawer Variation, Delayed Exchange Variation

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Overview

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Delayed Exchange Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C15.

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 7 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5.

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

It continues primarily into one named line, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Exchange Variation, Canal Attack.

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ECO code
C15
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
7
Parent
French Defense: Winawer Variation
Direct variations
1

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