Openings/French Defense
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation C19
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nge7
161 tournament games from this position · White wins 40%, draws 35%, Black wins 25%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bd3 | 59 | 31% 36% 34% | 2128 | 2026 |
| a4 | 42 | 43% 38% 19% | 2168 | 2025 |
| Be2 | 32 | 44% 41% 16% | 2087 | 2025 |
| h4 | 17 | 53% 29% 18% | 2136 | 2025 |
| Rb1 | 4 | 25% 25% 50% | 2306 | 2016 |
| Bg5 | 3 | 67% 33% | 1930 | 2015 |
| Be3 | 2 | 50% 50% | 1796 | 2017 |
| Bb5 | 1 | 100% | 1923 | 2021 |
| dxc5 | 1 | 100% | 1728 | 2017 |
Top games
| Caruana, F2773–Carlsen, M2843 | 1-0 | 5th Final Masters | 2012 |
| Nepomniachtchi, I2767–Ivanchuk, V2747 | 1-0 | World Rapid 2016 | 2016 |
| Radjabov, T2717–Vitiugov, N2742 | ½-½ | 30th ECC Open 2014 | 2014 |
| Oparin, G2575–Vitiugov, N2721 | ½-½ | TCh-RUS Men 2016 | 2016 |
| Oparin, G2617–Riazantsev, A2651 | ½-½ | 69th ch-RUS 2016 | 2016 |
| Mastrovasilis, D2627–Donchenko, Alexa2636 | ½-½ | World Blitz 2021 | 2021 |
| Fedorov, Alex2569–Nosenko, A2508 | 0-1 | Minsk Open 2014 | 2014 |
| Zumsande, M2490–Tarlev, K2557 | 0-1 | Bundesliga 2018-19 | 2019 |
| Arjun, Kalyan2477–Sengupta, D2526 | ½-½ | 1st Maharashtra GM Open | 2022 |
| Mazur, Ste2416–Hjartarson, J2519 | 1-0 | 21st ch-EUR Indiv 2021 | 2021 |
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