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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5
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♞ You have reached French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation C11 — the catalogued line ends exactly here.
Book continuations win% from 1.5M rated games
Matching openings 8
- French Defense: Classical Variation, Shirov-Anand Variation C11 2 plies deeper
- French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Gledhill Attack C11 2 plies deeper
- French Defense: Steinitz Variation C11 4 plies deeper
- French Defense: Steinitz Variation C11 5 plies deeper
- French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation C11 6 plies deeper
- French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Bradford Attack Variation C11 6 plies deeper
- French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Brodsky-Jones Variation C11 11 plies deeper
…and 1 more lines run through this position — keep making moves to narrow it down.
3810 catalogued lines in total · openings encyclopedia