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Tree path 12 levels French Defense › Normal Variation › French Defense › Paulsen Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation › Advance Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation › French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation
  1. Chess Codex
  2. French Defense C00
  3. Normal Variation C00
  4. French Defense C00
  5. Paulsen Variation C10
  6. French Defense: Winawer Variation C15
  7. Advance Variation C16
  8. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation C17
  9. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation C17
  10. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation C18
  11. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation C18
  12. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation C19
  13. French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation C19 you are here
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French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation

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Overview

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation is a named branch in the Open Games group of chess theory, classified under 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 17 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation, part of the broader French Defense system.

2 named variations grow from this line, including French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation, French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation.

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ECO code
C19
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
17
Parent
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation
Direct variations
2

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Variations (2)

Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation:

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