Openings/French Defense
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Bogoljubow Variation, Icelandic Defense C17
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. f4
15 tournament games from this position · White wins 47%, draws 40%, Black wins 13%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nf5 | 5 | 40% 60% | 2187 | 2019 |
| O-O | 5 | 40% 20% 40% | 2203 | 2022 |
| Nbc6 | 4 | 75% 25% | 1968 | 2022 |
| cxd4 | 1 | 100% | 2025 | 2023 |
Top games
| Alexakis, Dimitris2266–Ivanov, Sergey12535 | 1-0 | 27th Kavala Open 2018 | 2018 |
| Righi, E2085–Rozentalis, E2606 | 0-1 | 41st Olympiad Open 2014 | 2014 |
| Thorhallsson, T2441–Wang, Yiye2226 | 0-1 | Iceland-China Friendly Match | 2013 |
| Guex, P2128–Hochstrasser, M2335 | ½-½ | TCh-SUI 2019 | 2019 |
| Stastny, J2202–Ludvik, Tomas2201 | ½-½ | TCh-CZE 1 Liga Zapad | 2022 |
| Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra2271–Yang, Yijing2043 | 1-0 | World Youth Girl U16 2017 | 2017 |
| Van Osch, Mees2071–Maatman, Nick2123 | ½-½ | Euro Chess Tournament GpA 2012 | 2012 |
| Bango, Lukas2109–Kostolansky, Sebastian Lukas1962 | 1-0 | V4 Stiavnica Open 2016 | 2016 |
| Gusev, Mikhail2012–Krassel, Timofei2038 | ½-½ | FIDE World Junior Blitz | 2023 |
| Ugorek, Kacper1747–Sernecki, Franciszek2261 | ½-½ | Adolf Anderssen Mem 2022 | 2022 |
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