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French Defense: St. George Defense, Sanky-George Gambit
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1.e4e62.d4a63.c4b5
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French Defense: St. George Defense, Sanky-George Gambit33k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
48%16k53%
25%8.0k47%
8.3%2.7k55%
7.2%2.4k55%
6.1%2.0k49%
3%96753%
1%32251%
0.8%26449%
0.2%6145%
0.2%5244%
Famous games in this line16 master games
Flear, Glenn C (2485) – Bricard, Emmanuel (2475)Chandler, Murray G (2525) – Basman, Michael J (2400)Pritchett, Craig William (2390) – Basman, Michael J (2405)Osterman, Rudolf (2377) – Basman, Michael J (2405)Prasad, Devaki V (2375) – Basman, Michael J (2400)Murey, Jacob (2430) – Afek, Yochanan (2340)Formanek, Edward W (2330) – Basman, Michael J (2400)Junge, Ralf (2330) – Steffens, Olaf (2330)Heroes of this opening Basman, Michael J · Flear, Glenn C · Chandler, Murray G · Osterman, Rudolf
- Family
- French Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C00
- Line
- 1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. c4 b5
Gambit
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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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