Openings/French Defense
French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Bradford Attack Variation C11
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qg4
13 tournament games from this position · White wins 38%, draws 31%, Black wins 31%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O-O | 8 | 50% 25% 25% | 2233 | 2026 |
| g6 | 4 | 25% 25% 50% | 1944 | 2025 |
| Rg8 | 1 | 100% | 2340 | 2025 |
Top games
| Bauer, Ch2562–Viennot, D2336 | 1-0 | grenke Chess Open 2026 | 2026 |
| Bartel, Mat2573–Aakash, G2300 | ½-½ | Wroclaw Open A 2025 | 2025 |
| Begmuratov, Khumoyun2451–Omonov, Asrorjon2353 | 0-1 | 4th UZB President Open A | 2025 |
| Tsolakidou, Stavroula2455–Toncheva, Nadya2320 | 0-1 | 26th ch-EUR Indiv w 2026 | 2026 |
| Riff, Jn2399–Ciric, Pavle2282 | ½-½ | Basel Christmas Open 2025 | 2025 |
| Jiang, Tianyu2165–Chen, Yining2237 | 0-1 | World Youth Girls U16 | 2025 |
| Bagvilas, Lukas1983–Manafov, Vugar2357 | ½-½ | World Youth Open U16 2019 | 2019 |
| Pokorny, Ji1939–Mukashev, A2217 | 0-1 | 4th Pilsen Open 2012 | 2012 |
| Mkrtchyan, Anahit H.2107–Nauanova Zhaniya2039 | 1-0 | World Youth Girls U18 | 2026 |
| Dishman, Matthew1978–Ciocan, Maria-Alexandra1998 | 1-0 | FIDE World Rapid Team | 2025 |
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