French Defense · C00

French Defense

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In master play

153,056 games
White 35.1% Draw 41.0% Black 23.9%

Continuations

12 replies sorted by frequency
  1. 2.d4 359,384 g.
  2. 2.Nf3 4,911 g.
  3. 2.d3 8,939 g.
  4. 2.b3 721 g. Horwitz Attack
  5. 2.b4 — Banzai-Leong Gambit
  6. 2.c4 1,010 g.
  7. 2.f4 319 g. La Bourdonnais Variation
  8. 2.Nc3 1,162 g.
  9. 2.Bb5 15 g. Bird Invitation
  10. 2.e5 57 g. Steinitz Attack
  11. 2.g3 87 g. Réti-Spielmann Attack
  12. 2.Qe2 2,130 g. Chigorin Variation