French Defense: Classical, Other Steinitz Variation (4.e5) and Other Continuations
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6
Main Transpositions
Most Popular
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 (2787/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 (3043/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 (3136/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 (3172/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 (545/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 (813/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 (883/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 (3950/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 (3945/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 (9255/M). More: dbcn ccoe c365
TCEC Games
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 (2cp, 2787/M, TCEC +19=15-18). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ (12cp, 29/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 (31cp, 127/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2 O-O (55cp, 28/M, TCEC +1=5-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 (13cp, 80/M, TCEC +0=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 (72cp, 51/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 Nb6 (90cp, 1/M, TCEC +1=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3 f6 (1cp, 181/M, TCEC +1=0-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3 h6 (0cp, 32/M, TCEC +0=2-2). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Nxc5 8. Bd3 Be7 (-2cp, 32/M, TCEC +1=0-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 (0cp, 339/M, TCEC +1=5-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5 Nc6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. O-O a6 (3cp, 6/M, TCEC +0=1-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Bxd4 (77cp, 11/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 (1cp, 268/M, TCEC +5=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 (4cp, 21/M, TCEC +1=0-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 b5 7. f4 b4 (111cp, 1/M, TCEC +1=0-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 b5 7. Nf3 b4 (108cp, 0/M, TCEC +5=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 b6 (116cp, 3/M, TCEC +2=0-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 (-1cp, 357/M, TCEC +0=3-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Qg4 (3cp, 31/M, TCEC +0=1-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 (1cp, 3950/M, TCEC +4=2-4). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 (93cp, 62/M, TCEC +1=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 (0cp, 3945/M, TCEC +0=2-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. Nf3 a6 6. exd5 cxd4 (100cp, 0/M, TCEC +1=1-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 h6 (113cp, 5/M, TCEC +3=3-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be3 (58cp, 6/M, TCEC +0=7-1). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 (1cp, 9255/M, TCEC +1=5-0). Games. More: dbcn ccoe c365
Biased Popular Lines
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. Nexd4 Bc5 (70cp, -54cp; 16/M, 33%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 b5 (66cp, -61cp; 8/M, 7%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 (72cp, -59cp; 36/M, 46%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 (69cp, -68cp; 51/M, 1%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 b6 (142cp, -141cp; 8/M, 0%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O Qb6 (76cp, -76cp; 9/M, 15%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. O-O Qxb2 (387cp, -355cp; 21/M, 54%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. Bxd4 (113cp, -98cp; 16/M, 136%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2 (76cp, -74cp; 14/M, 27%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Bxd4 (74cp, -74cp; 11/M, 86%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c6 (88cp, -88cp; 16/M, 1%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 b6 (118cp, -118cp; 10/M, 1%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 (109cp, -109cp; 8/M, 0%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 (75cp, -47cp; 8/M, 21%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 b5 8. Nf3 a6 (66cp, -66cp; 9/M, 49%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 f6 (137cp, -137cp; 7/M, 5%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 Bb4 (178cp, -180cp; 11/M, 59%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 (92cp, -91cp; 62/M, 1%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Be7 (132cp, -132cp; 9/M, 8%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 (91cp, -92cp; 10/M, 0%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
Lines with Disagreement to Human Master Play
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. Nexd4 Bc5 (70cp, -54cp; 16/M, 33%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 (72cp, -59cp; 36/M, 46%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. O-O Qxb2 10. Nb5 O-O (469cp, -82cp; 6/M, 28%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. O-O Qxb2 (387cp, -355cp; 21/M, 54%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. Bxd4 (113cp, -98cp; 16/M, 136%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2 (76cp, -74cp; 14/M, 27%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Bxd4 (74cp, -74cp; 11/M, 86%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 Be7 (144cp, -144cp; 7/M, 36%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 b6 (118cp, -118cp; 5/M, 28%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 b5 8. Nf3 a6 (66cp, -66cp; 9/M, 49%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. Be3 (203cp, -201cp; 7/M, 32%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 Bb4 (178cp, -180cp; 11/M, 59%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c6 (122cp, -124cp; 5/M, 26%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 Be7 (132cp, -134cp; 4/M, 25%). More: dbcn ccoe c365
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