Openings and endgames
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French Defense
A defense to 1.e4 where Black prepares ...d5 with ...e6 and challenges White's center from move two.
French Defense, Advance Variation
A variation where White plays 3.e5, gains space, and fixes a pawn chain that Black will try to attack.
French Defense, Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit
A gambit in which White offers the d4-pawn to bring the pieces out quickly and create threats against the black king.
French Defense, Exchange Variation
A line where White exchanges central pawns and leaves a symmetrical pawn arrangement.
French Defense, Tarrasch Variation
A variation with 3.Nd2 that protects e4, leaves the c-pawn free, and avoids the typical Winawer position with a knight on c3.
French Defense, Tarrasch Variation, Guimard Defense
A response to 3.Nd2 in which Black brings out the b8-knight with 3...Nc6 and prepares pressure against White's center.
French Defense, Winawer Variation
A sharp variation with 3...Bb4, where Black pins the c3-knight and creates early structural imbalance.
French Defense, Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation
A highly concrete line in which White's queen takes pawns near Black's king while Black attacks the queen and White's center.
French Defense, Classical Variation
A variation with 3...Nf6 where Black develops a knight and increases pressure on e4 without resolving the center.
French Defense, Classical Variation, Burn Variation
A line in which Black plays 4...dxe4 to exchange the central pawn and give the pieces more freedom.
French Defense, McCutcheon Variation
A sharp response to 4.Bg5 in which Black plays 4...Bb4 and pins the c3-knight to the king.
French Defense, Alekhine-Chatard Attack
An attacking gambit beginning with 6.h4, in which White offers a pawn to open lines against the black king.
French Defense, Steinitz Variation
A variation in which White advances e5 after Nc3 and builds a pawn center that Black attacks with ...c5 and ...f6.
French Defense, Rubinstein Variation
A solid variation where Black exchanges on e4 early, simplifies the center, and accepts less space.
French Defense, Rubinstein Variation, Fort Knox Variation
A solid system in which Black exchanges the central pawn early and brings the c8-bishop out through ...Bd7 and ...Bc6.