Openings/French Defense
French Defense: Winawer Variation C15
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4
15,944 tournament games from this position · White wins 42%, draws 28%, Black wins 30%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| e5 | 11,314 | 43% 27% 30% | 2247 | 2026 |
| exd5 | 2,033 | 35% 35% 29% | 2249 | 2026 |
| Ne2 | 1,502 | 40% 34% 26% | 2230 | 2026 |
| a3 | 570 | 44% 25% 32% | 2262 | 2026 |
| Bd3 | 225 | 35% 28% 37% | 2132 | 2026 |
| Qd3 | 125 | 38% 23% 38% | 2227 | 2026 |
| Bd2 | 99 | 32% 26% 41% | 2123 | 2026 |
| Qg4 | 68 | 34% 18% 49% | 2081 | 2026 |
| Qf3 | 3 | 33% 67% | 2271 | 2017 |
| Nf3 | 2 | 50% 50% | 1930 | 2024 |
| f3 | 1 | 100% | 1913 | 2014 |
| g3 | 1 | 100% | 1990 | 2019 |
| Bb5+ | 1 | 100% | 2353 | 2019 |
Top games
| Aronian, L2775–Carlsen, M2872 | ½-½ | 11th London Classic 2019 | 2019 |
| Giri, A2764–Carlsen, M2859 | 0-1 | World Blitz 2022 | 2022 |
| Karjakin, Sergey2778–Carlsen, M2843 | ½-½ | 5th Final Masters | 2012 |
| Caruana, F2773–Carlsen, M2843 | 1-0 | 5th Final Masters | 2012 |
| Anand, V2754–Carlsen, M2853 | 0-1 | Global Chess League 2023 | 2023 |
| Giri, A2782–Caruana, F2816 | 0-1 | GCT Rapid YourNextMove | 2018 |
| Carlsen, M2859–Rapport, R2740 | 1-0 | World Blitz 2022 | 2022 |
| Nepomniachtchi, I2775–Caruana, F2819 | 1-0 | GCT Blitz Paris 2019 | 2019 |
| Anand, V2783–So, W2810 | ½-½ | 30th Leon GM 2017 | 2017 |
| Giri, A2752–Carlsen, M2834 | ½-½ | 80th Tata Steel GpA | 2018 |
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