Openings/French Defense
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Maróczy-Wallis Variation C17
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3
67 tournament games from this position · White wins 72%, draws 13%, Black wins 15%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bxc3 | 32 | 72% 19% | 1976 | 2025 |
| Qg4 | 18 | 72% 22% | 2101 | 2025 |
| Nf3 | 16 | 69% 19% | 2058 | 2024 |
| Ra3 | 1 | 100% | 2117 | 2014 |
Top games
| Cuartas, Ja2523–Alarcon Casellas, Rol2417 | 0-1 | 20th Montcada Open | 2012 |
| Cernousek, L2463–Hinks Edwards, T2396 | 1-0 | TCh-CZE 1 Liga Zapad | 2016 |
| Warmerdam, Max2450–Meissner, F2378 | 1-0 | 11th dMP Batavia GM 2019 | 2019 |
| Pang, Tao2485–Sultan, I2222 | 1-0 | Asian Individual Blitz | 2025 |
| Engel, Luis2567–Kaiser, E2116 | 1-0 | 28th OIBM 2025 | 2025 |
| Vogt, L2402–Schmid, Mi22218 | 1-0 | TCh-SUI 2013 | 2013 |
| Milliet, S2391–Townsend, M2216 | 1-0 | 4NCL 2017-18 | 2018 |
| Mullick, Raahil2252–Pang, Tao2354 | ½-½ | 2nd Belgrade Summer IM | 2019 |
| Kotainy, J2459–Heinert, E2129 | 1-0 | Sparkassen Open A 2013 | 2013 |
| Stojanovski, D2442–Nikoloski, K2141 | ½-½ | 24th TCh-MKD 2015 | 2015 |
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