Chess opening
French DefenseC00
The French Defense is a chess opening classified under ECO code C00. It is reached after the moves:
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
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Comes from
Main continuations
- French Defense: Advance Variation (C02)
- French Defense: Alapin Gambit (C00)
- French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit (C00)
- French Defense: Exchange Variation (C01)
- French Defense: Morphy Gambit (C00)
- French Defense: Paulsen Variation (C10)
- French Defense: Perseus Gambit (C00)
- French Defense: Schlechter Variation (C00)
- French Defense: Tarrasch Variation (C03)
- French Defense: Hoffmann Gambit (C00)
Related lines in the French Defense
- French Defense (C00)
- French Defense: Alapin Gambit (C00)
- French Defense: Baeuerle Gambit (C00)
- French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit (C00)
- French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit, Pinova Gambit (C00)
- French Defense: Bird Invitation (C00)
- French Defense: Carlson Gambit (C00)
- French Defense: Chigorin Variation (C00)
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