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French Defence
1.e4 e6 and 2...d5. Black challenges the centre with a solid pawn chain. The trade-off is a light-squared bishop that can be shut in, so Black counter-attacks with ...c5 and sometimes ...f6.
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- French Defence
- French Defence: Advance Variation
- French Defence: Exchange Variation
- French Defence: Tarrasch Variation
- French Defence: Winawer Variation
- French Defence: Classical Variation
- French Defence: Rubinstein Variation
- French Defence: Steinitz Variation
- French Defence: Burn Variation
- French Defence: MacCutcheon
- French Defence: Advance, 3...c5
- French Defence: Advance, Milner-Barry
- French Defence: Advance, 5...Qb6 6.a3
- French Defence: Advance, 5...Nh6
- French Defence: Advance, Wade
- French Defence: Tarrasch, 3...c5 4.exd5
- French Defence: Tarrasch, 3...c5 4.Ngf3
- French Defence: Tarrasch, Closed 3...Nf6
- French Defence: Tarrasch, Universal 5.f4
- French Defence: Tarrasch, 3...Be7
- French Defence: Tarrasch, 3...a6
- French Defence: Winawer, 4.e5
- French Defence: Winawer, 4.e5 c5 5.a3
- French Defence: Winawer Poisoned Pawn
- French Defence: Winawer, 7.Qg4 O-O
- French Defence: Winawer, 7.Nf3
- French Defence: Winawer, Portisch-Hook
- French Defence: Winawer, 4.exd5
- French Defence: Winawer, 4.Ne2
- French Defence: Winawer, 4.a3
- French Defence: Classical, 4.Bg5 Be7
- French Defence: Steinitz, 5.f4
- French Defence: Steinitz, 5.Nce2
- French Defence: Rubinstein, 4.Nxe4
- French Defence: Fort Knox
- French Defence: Exchange, 4.Nf3
- French Defence: Exchange, 4.Bd3
- French Defence: Exchange, 4.c4
- French Defence: King's Indian Attack
- French Defence: Two Knights
- French Defence: Wing Gambit
- French Defence: Chigorin 2.Qe2
- French Defence: 2.d3
- French Defence: Franco-Sicilian 2...c5
- French Defence: Mediterranean 2...Nf6