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1. e4 e6 2. d4
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♞ You have reached French Defense: Normal Variation C00 — the catalogued line ends exactly here.
Matching openings 190
- French Defense: Baeuerle Gambit C00 1 ply deeper
- French Defense C00 1 ply deeper
- French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit C00 1 ply deeper
- French Defense: Franco-Sicilian Defense C00 1 ply deeper
- French Defense: Mediterranean Defense C00 1 ply deeper
- French Defense: St. George Defense C00 1 ply deeper
- Benoni Defense: French Benoni A43 2 plies deeper
- French Defense: Alapin Gambit C00 2 plies deeper
- French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit C00 2 plies deeper
- French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted C00 2 plies deeper
- French Defense: Morphy Gambit C00 2 plies deeper
- French Defense: Perseus Gambit C00 2 plies deeper
…and 178 more lines run through this position — keep making moves to narrow it down.
3810 catalogued lines in total · openings encyclopedia