Library/Openings/French Defense/Rubinstein Variation/Kasparov Attack ECO C10
Opening· 13 plies

French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Kasparov Attack

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C10), reached after 13 half-moves: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3.

French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Kasparov Attack ECO C10
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About this opening

French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Kasparov Attack is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C10. 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 13 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3.

It belongs to the French Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Rubinstein Variation → Kasparov Attack line). The immediate parent line is French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, transitioned via 7.c3.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e6, 2.d4 d5, 3.Nd2 dxe4, 4.Nxe4 Nd7, 5.Nf3 Ngf6, 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6. 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.