Semi-Open · a defense for Black
French Defense: Baeuerle Gambit
4/4
1.e4e62.d4b5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
French Defense: Baeuerle Gambit32k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
56%18k54%
17%5.4k54%
4.4%1.4k54%
3.4%1.1k52%
3.3%1.1k52%
3%94556%
2.5%78256%
2.4%77651%
1.8%58052%
1.4%43353%
Famous games in this line4 master games
Soylu, Suat (2380) – Kotronias, Vasilios (2425)Moser, Eva (2438) – Kroell, Johannes (2234)Bekker Jensen, Simon (2410) – Bank, Pelle Rodkjaer (2258)Pflug, Matthias (2305) – Kroell, Johannes (2205)Heroes of this opening Kotronias, Vasilios · Moser, Eva · Bekker Jensen, Simon · Kroell, Johannes
- Family
- French Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C00
- Line
- 1. e4 e6 2. d4 b5
Gambit
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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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