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French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Maric Variation

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1.e4e62.d4d53.Nc3dxe44.Nxe4Qd5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Maric Variation28k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
41%11k54%
34%9.4k55%
13%3.6k54%
4.5%1.3k48%
4.5%1.2k50%
0.9%25553%
0.6%15432%
0.5%14557%
0.2%6517%
0.1%3723%
Famous games in this line139 master games
Timoshenko, Georgy (2550) – Shkuro, Iuri (2499)20061–0Razuvaev, Yuri S (2490) – Kuzmin, Gennadi P (2520)19721–0De Eccher, Stefano (2500) – Crea, Vincenzo (2500)19981–0Rozentalis, Eduardas (2605) – Westerinen, Heikki MJ (2378)20061–0Dimitrov, Vladimir (2475) – Donchev, Dimitar I (2485)1994½–½Li, Chao B (2529) – Nouri, Hamed (2426)20071–0Apicella, Manuel (2435) – Kosten, Anthony C (2515)19941–0Baron, Ta (2528) – Loeffler, S. (2378)20171–0
Heroes of this opening Timoshenko, Georgy · Razuvaev, Yuri S · De Eccher, Stefano · Rozentalis, Eduardas
Family
French Defense
Category
Semi-Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C10
Line
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Qd5
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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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