C00 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
French Defense: Perseus Gambit
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1.e4e62.d4d53.Nf3
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French Defense: Perseus Gambit655k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
61%399k57%
15%99k52%
2.3%15k49%
1.2%7.5k49%
0.5%3.4k48%
0.5%3.1k50%
0.4%2.7k54%
0.3%2.2k50%
0.2%1.5k45%
Famous games in this line12 master games
Guseinov, G. (2654) – Alarcon Casellas, Rol (2389)Vetoshko, V. (2406) – Stupak, K. (2535)Sargsyan, Shant (2489) – Kacharava, Nikolozi (2392)Schakel, Corky (2371) – Williams, Christopher C. (2415)González Sánchez, Federico (2300) – Csiba, Tibor (2441)Abolins-Abols, Donalds (2357) – Moujan, Pablo (2361)Behrendorf, Kurt Albert (2372) – Shorokhov, Sergey Ivanovich (2273)Gal, Jozsef (2333) – Szabo, Balazs (2310)Heroes of this opening Guseinov, G. · Vetoshko, V. · Sargsyan, Shant · Shorokhov, Sergey Ivanovich
- Family
- French Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C00
- Line
- 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3
Gambit
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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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