Openings/French Defense
French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Exchange Variation C12
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5
206 tournament games from this position · White wins 36%, draws 33%, Black wins 31%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qxd5 | 154 | 33% 34% 33% | 2266 | 2026 |
| exd5 | 46 | 46% 28% 26% | 2184 | 2026 |
| Bxc3+ | 5 | 40% 40% 20% | 2067 | 2021 |
| h6 | 1 | 100% | 2136 | 2019 |
Top games
| Firouzja, Alireza2751–Praggnanandhaa, R2749 | ½-½ | 11th Sinquefield Cup | 2024 |
| Hou Yifan2652–Vallejo Pons, F2710 | ½-½ | Moscow Grand Prix 2017 | 2017 |
| Yu Yangyi2714–Terry, R2522 | ½-½ | World Blitz 2023 | 2023 |
| Smeets, J2617–Buhmann, R2612 | ½-½ | Bundesliga 2015-16 | 2016 |
| Safarli, E2653–Antipov, M22567 | 1-0 | 78th Tata Steel GpB | 2016 |
| Hess, Ro2571–Baryshpolets, A2578 | 0-1 | St Louis Winter Classic B | 2017 |
| Ninov, N2508–Volkov, Sergey12593 | 0-1 | Norwegian Open 2013 | 2013 |
| Tukhaev, A2516–David, Alb2569 | 1-0 | 9th Chennai Open 2017 | 2017 |
| Cornette, M2558–Sochacki, C2479 | 0-1 | 1st Montaiguillon Rapid | 2019 |
| Grib, R2427–Tomczak, J2598 | 0-1 | 1st Irena Warakomska Mem | 2017 |
French Defense variations
French DefenseC00Banzai-Leong GambitC00Horwitz AttackC00King's Indian AttackC00La Bourdonnais VariationC00Normal VariationC00Réti-Spielmann AttackC00Steiner VariationC00Steinitz AttackC00Bird InvitationC00Chigorin VariationC00Knight VariationC00Queen's KnightC00French DefenseC00Baeuerle GambitC00Franco-Hiva GambitC00Franco-Sicilian DefenseC00King's Indian Attack, Franco-Hiva GambitC00St. George DefenseC00Knight Variation, Franco-Hiva GambitC00Mediterranean DefenseC00Diemer-Duhm GambitC00St. George Defense, Three Pawn AttackC00Advance VariationC02