Semi-Open · a defense for Black
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Capablanca Line
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1.e4e62.d4d53.Nc3dxe44.Nxe4Nd75.Nf3Ngf66.Nxf6+Nxf67.Ne5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Capablanca Line8.1k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
41%3.3k43%
25%2.0k45%
23%1.9k43%
3.5%27843%
2.5%20346%
1.5%11735%
1.4%11041%
0.7%5940%
0.6%4836%
0.5%4239%
Famous games in this line69 master games
Karjakin, Sergey (2783) – Meier, Geo (2630)Nepomniachtchi, I. (2757) – Meier, Geo (2628)Dominguez Perez, L. (2739) – Meier, Geo (2628)Dominguez Perez, L. (2739) – Meier, Geo (2628)Le Quang Liem (2713) – Xu, Yinglun (2562)Nikolenko, Oleg (2533) – Grachev, Boris (2684)Timofeev, Artyom (2681) – Ding, Liren (2530)Timofeev, Artyom (2681) – Ding, Liren (2530)Heroes of this opening Dominguez Perez, L. · Karjakin, Sergey · Nepomniachtchi, I. · Ding, Liren
- Family
- French Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C10
- Line
- 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5
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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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