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Opening· 10 plies

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation, Kunin Double Gambit

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C15), reached after 10 half-moves: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Qxd4.

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation, Kunin Double Gambit ECO C15
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About this opening

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation, Kunin Double Gambit is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C15. 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 10 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Qxd4.

It belongs to the French Defense family. Within that family this is a level-3 branch (the Winawer Variation → Fingerslip Variation → Kunin Double Gambit line). The immediate parent line is French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation, transitioned via 5…Qxd4.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e6, 2.d4 d5, 3.Nc3 Bb4, 4.Bd2 dxe4, 5.Qg4 Qxd4. 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.