Semi-Open · a defense for Black
French Defense: Advance Variation, Wade Variation
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1.e4e62.d4d53.e5c54.c3Qb65.Nf3Bd7
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French Defense: Advance Variation, Wade Variation374k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
32%119k48%
25%94k47%
19%71k50%
4.6%17k41%
3.7%14k43%
3.3%12k43%
3.3%12k47%
2.6%9.6k47%
2.1%7.9k37%
1.9%7.3k42%
Famous games in this line1.8k master games
Vachier Lagrave, M. (2781) – Aronian, L. (2765)Vidit, S. (2727) – Rapport, R. (2763)Svidler, Peter (2742) – Gelfand, Boris (2729)Svidler, Peter (2733) – Shirov, Alexei (2713)Grischuk, Alexander (2746) – Morozevich, Alexander (2694)Firouzja, Alireza (2682) – Wei Yi (2736)Grandelius, N.. (2663) – Harikrishna, P.. (2732)Svidler, Peter (2686) – Gelfand, Boris (2701)Heroes of this opening Vachier Lagrave, M. · Rapport, R. · Svidler, Peter · Shirov, Alexei
- Family
- French Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C02
- Line
- 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7
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Paris challenged London by correspondence in January 1834; the match took about two years, Paris met 1.e4 with 1...e6, and Paris won. The defence 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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