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French Defense: Winawer Variation, Kondratiyev Variation

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Overview

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Kondratiyev 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.

It begins with 11 plies and takes 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bd2 to reach the canonical position.

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

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ECO code
C15
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
11
Parent
French Defense: Winawer Variation

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