C02 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black

French Defense: Advance Variation, Frenkel Gambit

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1.e4e62.d4d53.e5c54.b4
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French Defense: Advance Variation, Frenkel Gambit22k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
50%11k58%
34%7.4k48%
10%2.2k49%
3.3%71354%
1.3%27752%
0.9%19935%
0.3%6240%
0.1%1842%
0.1%1732%
0.1%1641%
Famous games in this line8 master games
Gordan, Nicolae (2320) – Urzica, Aurel (2420)1997½–½Tate, Emory (2339) – Young, Angelo (2358)20080–1Kostic, Vladimir G (2300) – Raicevic, Vladimir (2395)19840–1Farkas, Gabor (2279) – Tibensky, Robert (2391)2009½–½Frenkel, Filipp (2235) – Rao, Vivek (2355)19880–1Kecic, Stevan (2241) – Praznik, Niko (2263)20010–1Frenkel, Filipp (2225) – Stearns, Aaron (2240)19901–0Frenkel, Filipp (2205) – Dunne, Alex (2235)19921–0
Heroes of this opening Frenkel, Filipp · Young, Angelo · Raicevic, Vladimir · Rao, Vivek
Family
French Defense
Category
Semi-Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C02
Line
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4
Gambit
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From the archives

In 1834 the city of Paris beat the city of London in a correspondence match opening with 1...e6, and the defense has carried the name ever since. Botvinnik and Korchnoi built careers on its cramped-then-counterpunch character: concede space, then break with ...c5 or ...f6 at the right moment.

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