C03 · Semi-Open · a defense for Black

French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Guimard Defense

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1.e4e62.d4d53.Nd2Nc6
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French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Guimard Defense271k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
41%111k53%
41%111k53%
6%16k49%
5.2%14k51%
4.2%11k44%
1.4%3.8k52%
1%2.7k49%
0.1%38841%
0.1%20340%
0.1%19548%
Famous games in this line3.0k master games
Karjakin, Sergey (2775)Grischuk, Alexander (2764)20120–1Giri, Anish (2720)Nakamura, Hikaru (2760)2012½–½Movsesian, S. (2672)Rapport, R. (2704)2014½–½Zarnicki, Pablo (2515)Kasparov, Garry (2825)1998½–½Stripunsky, Alexander (2562)Nakamura, Hikaru (2775)20120–1Ni, Hua (2681)Zhang, Pengxiang (2649)2007½–½Malakhov, Vladimir (2690)Zhang, Zhong (2639)2006½–½Shirov, Alexei (2705)Kuzubov, Yuriy (2621)20111–0
Heroes of this opening Grischuk, Alexander · Nakamura, Hikaru · Shirov, Alexei
Category
Semi-Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C03
Line
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6
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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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