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 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. h4
120 tournament games from this position · White wins 43%, draws 31%, Black wins 27%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| b6 | 69 | 39% 35% 26% | 2311 | 2026 |
| Bd7 | 20 | 55% 30% 15% | 2366 | 2024 |
| Nbc6 | 19 | 47% 26% 26% | 2142 | 2025 |
| h6 | 10 | 30% 20% 50% | 2308 | 2026 |
| h5 | 1 | 100% | 2463 | 2016 |
| Nd7 | 1 | 100% | 2558 | 2015 |
Top games
| Alekseenko, K2698–Nepomniachtchi, I2774 | ½-½ | FIDE Candidates 2020 | 2020 |
| Hou Yifan2663–Safarli, E2664 | ½-½ | Vugar Gashimov Mem 2016 | 2016 |
| Hansen, Eric2609–Vallejo Pons, F2716 | 1-0 | World Blitz 2022 | 2022 |
| Tazbir, M2555–Socko, B2651 | 0-1 | ch-POL 2013 | 2013 |
| Quesada Perez, Yu2647–Hevia, A2535 | ½-½ | 50th Capablanca Mem Prem | 2015 |
| Narayanan, Sl2662–Sankalp, Gupta2505 | 1-0 | 15th Teplice Open 2022 | 2022 |
| Negi, P2634–Holt, C2530 | ½-½ | DC International | 2013 |
| Hansen, Eric2614–Cuenca Jimenez, J2513 | 1-0 | TCh-ESP Div 1 2017 | 2017 |
| Kryvoruchko, Y2705–Froewis, G2419 | ½-½ | TCh-SUI 2018 | 2018 |
| Tari, A2634–Khusnutdinov, R2491 | 0-1 | World Blitz 2019 | 2019 |
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