C10 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Kasparov Attack
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1.e4e62.d4d53.Nd2dxe44.Nxe4Nd75.Nf3Ngf66.Nxf6+Nxf67.c3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Kasparov Attack32k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
44%14k49%
34%11k45%
9%2.9k45%
8.4%2.7k48%
2.7%87346%
1%31745%
0.9%28543%
0.4%13734%
0.3%8350%
0%119%
Famous games in this line829 master games
Kasparov, Garry (2838) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2727)Nakamura, Hi (2787) – Harikrishna, P. (2763)Kramnik, Vladimir (2777) – Bareev, Evgeny (2739)Grischuk, Alexander (2746) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2768)Adams, Michael (2742) – Anand, Viswanathan (2757)Anand, Viswanathan (2766) – Bareev, Evgeny (2714)Leko, Peter (2744) – Andreikin, Dmitry (2727)Shirov, Alexei (2736) – Bareev, Evgeny (2714)Heroes of this opening Kasparov, Garry · Nakamura, Hi · Adams, Michael · Bareev, Evgeny
- Family
- French Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C10
- Line
- 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3
Aggressive
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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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