C00 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
French Defense: Pelikan Variation
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1.e4e62.Nc3d53.f4
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French Defense: Pelikan Variation437k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
29%128k46%
27%119k51%
20%85k51%
13%54k48%
3.6%16k50%
2.5%11k46%
0.8%3.6k45%
0.7%3.2k48%
0.6%2.8k53%
0.6%2.6k46%
Famous games in this line54 master games
Yudasin, Leonid (2605) – Ulibin, Mikhail (2560)Tiviakov, Sergei (2634) – Sakalauskas, Vaidas (2412)Rhodes, John D (2446) – Halldórsson, Jón Árni (2468)Schlindwein, Rolf (2430) – Delemarre, Jop (2478)Mestrovic, Zvonimir (2415) – Dizdar, Goran (2490)Siebarth, Raiko (2388) – Graf, Felix (2479)Ermenkov, Evgenij (2475) – Peek, Marcel (2350)Mestrovic, Zvonimir (2465) – Grimm, Sascha (2335)Heroes of this opening Schlindwein, Rolf · Dizdar, Goran · Graf, Felix · Ermenkov, Evgenij
- Family
- French Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C00
- Line
- 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. f4
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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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