Library/Openings/French Defense/Advance Variation/Milner-Barry Gambit/Main Line ECO C02
Opening· 15 plies

French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit, Main Line

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C02), reached after 15 half-moves: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O.

French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit, Main Line ECO C02
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About this opening

French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit, Main Line is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C02. ECO group C (C00–C99) covers open games (1.e4 e5) and the French Defence, including the Ruy Lopez, Italian, Scotch and King's Gambit. This particular variation is reached after 15 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O.

It belongs to the French Defense family. Within that family this is a level-3 branch (the Advance Variation → Milner-Barry Gambit → Main Line line). The immediate parent line is French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit, transitioned via 8.O-O.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e6, 2.d4 d5, 3.e5 c5, 4.c3 Nc6, 5.Nf3 Qb6, 6.Bd3 cxd4. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.