Chess opening
Sicilian Defense: French Variation, OpenB40
The Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Open is a chess opening classified under ECO code B40. It is reached after the moves:
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4
Play it vs Stockfish Open in analysis board
Comes from
Main continuations
- Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Deferred (B40)
- Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal (B40)
- Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation (B41)
- Sicilian Defense: Kveinis Variation (B40)
- Sicilian Defense: Paulsen-Basman Defense (B40)
- Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation (B44)
Related lines in the Sicilian Defense
- Sicilian Defense (B20)
- Sicilian Defense: Amazon Attack (B20)
- Sicilian Defense: Big Clamp Formation (B20)
- Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack (B20)
- Sicilian Defense: Brick Variation (B20)
- Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack (B20)
- Sicilian Defense: Czerniak Attack, Queen Fianchetto Variation (B20)
- Sicilian Defense: Euwe Attack, Prins Gambit (B20)
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