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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 ◀ Undo move

♞ You have reached French Defense: Winawer Variation, Retreat Variation C17 — the catalogued line ends exactly here.

Book continuations

Matching openings 2

…and 1 more lines run through this position — keep making moves to narrow it down.

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