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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5
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♞ You have reached French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation C16 — the catalogued line ends exactly here.
Matching openings 41
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Petrosian Variation C16 1 ply deeper
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation C17 1 ply deeper
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation C17 2 plies deeper
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, Moscow Variation C17 2 plies deeper
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Bogoljubow Variation C17 2 plies deeper
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Retreat Variation C17 3 plies deeper
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Icelandic Defense C17 4 plies deeper
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation C18 4 plies deeper
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Maróczy-Wallis Variation C17 5 plies deeper
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Retreat Variation, Armenian Line C17 5 plies deeper
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation C18 5 plies deeper
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Classical Variation C18 5 plies deeper
…and 29 more lines run through this position — keep making moves to narrow it down.
3810 catalogued lines in total · openings encyclopedia