C05 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation
6/6
1.e4e62.d4d53.Nd2Nf6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation2.7M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
87%2.4M54%
10%273k55%
1.8%48k49%
0.4%11k41%
0.3%9.4k43%
0.2%5.9k47%
0%92248%
0%78736%
0%55946%
0%45645%
Famous games in this line13k master games
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2788) – Caruana, F. (2795)Carlsen, Magnus (2802) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2744)Ponomariov, Ruslan (2742) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2755)Svidler, Peter (2722) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2744)Caruana, Fabiano (2709) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2744)Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2703) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2744)Shirov, Alexei (2739) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2705)Dominguez Perez, L. (2732) – Ivanchuk, V. (2710)Heroes of this opening Ponomariov, Ruslan · Carlsen, Magnus · Vachier Lagrave, Maxime · Dominguez Perez, L.
- Family
- French Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C05
- Line
- 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6
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Go deeper — named lines from here
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Pawn Center VariationC05 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Botvinnik VariationC05 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation, Main LineC06 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 … · 1 deeper lineFrench Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Leningrad VariationC06 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 …
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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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