Exact catalogue record
French Defense: Paulsen VariationC10
French Defense: Paulsen Variation is the source catalogue’s name for the exact position reached by the move order below. It is filed under ECO C10, in volume C (open games after 1.e4 e5 plus the French Defense).
On this page
- ECO code
- C10
- Opening family
- French Defense
- Recorded half-moves
- 5
- Last numbered move
- 3
- Side to move
- Black
- Castling rights
- White kingside, White queenside, Black kingside, Black queenside
- Material
- Material is level
- FEN
- rnbqkbnr/ppp2ppp/4p3/3p4/3PP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKBNR b KQkq - 1 3
Scope of this record
This page preserves a source name, one exact legal move sequence and its resulting FEN. It does not claim that the sequence is best, common or strategically self-contained. Opening names can cover several move orders; the links below report only parent, continuation and family relationships present in this catalogue.
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Comes from
Main continuations
- French Defense: Classical Variation (C11)
- French Defense: Hecht-Reefschläger Variation (C10)
- French Defense: Marshall Gambit (C10)
- French Defense: Rubinstein Variation (C10)
- French Defense: Winawer Variation (C15)
- French Defense: Steinitz Variation (C11)
Other records under French Defense
These records share the source catalogue’s family label; that relationship alone does not imply the same plans or resulting position.
- French Defense (C00)
- 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)
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