C10 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
French Defense: Hecht-Reefschläger Variation
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1.e4e62.d4d53.Nc3Nc6
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French Defense: Hecht-Reefschläger Variation305k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
29%89k55%
25%77k56%
23%69k52%
12%36k53%
4.6%14k55%
1.6%4.9k51%
1.5%4.6k52%
1.3%4.1k53%
1.1%3.4k55%
0.6%1.9k49%
Famous games in this line1.7k master games
Mamedyarov, S. (2759) – Rapport, R. (2776)Caruana, F. (2791) – Jobava, Ba (2713)Karjakin, Sergey (2772) – Andreikin, Dmitry (2716)Caruana, F. (2758) – Andreikin, D. (2729)Giri, A. (2776) – Jobava, Ba (2699)Kamsky, Gata (2762) – Jobava, Baadur (2711)Leko, Peter (2725) – Morozevich, Alexander (2748)Dominguez Perez, L. (2760) – Jobava, Ba (2713)Heroes of this opening Caruana, F. · Andreikin, D. · Giri, A. · Morozevich, Alexander
- Family
- French Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C10
- Line
- 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6
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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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