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French 3.Nc3

Difficulty 3/3Black repertoireECO C11–C19

Winawer Variation, Qg4 Attack (C19)

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Enter the Winawer by pinning the knight that defends e4.

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Sample line with full explanations: Advance Variation, Be2 Main Line.

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Sample line with full explanations: Exchange Variation, Solid System.

French Tarrasch VariationDifficulty 3/3

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Sample line with full explanations: Tarrasch Variation, Bishop Exchange Plan.

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ECO C11–C19

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  1. Winawer Variation, Qg4 AttackSample

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7

  2. Classical Variation, Be2 Trap

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ndxe5 9. fxe5 Qh4+

  3. Classical Variation, Bxd4 Recapture

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Bxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Qh4+

  4. Classical Variation, Kingside Castling

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qb6 12. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 13. Kh1 f6

  5. Classical Variation, h4 Ne2 Attack

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h5 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. h6 g6 16. g4 Ba6

  6. Classical Variation, h4 Na4 Defense

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h5 b4 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Kb1 Bc6 18. Nb2 Qc5

  7. Classical Variation, Qf2 Modern Plan

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 a5 18. h4 Ba6

  8. Classical Variation, g4 Inaccuracy

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5

  9. Classical Variation, Nb3 Sideline

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nb3 Bb4 12. Bd3 b5

  10. Classical Variation, McCutcheon Exchange Sideline

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 gxf6

  11. Classical Variation, McCutcheon Bd3 Sideline

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 c5 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5

  12. Classical Variation, McCutcheon exf6 Trap

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4 gxh4 9. Qh5 Qf6

  13. Classical Variation, McCutcheon Bh4 Main Line

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Ne2 c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Nc6

  14. Classical Variation, McCutcheon Bc1 Ne2

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Ne2 c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nc6 13. Be3 Ne7

  15. Classical Variation, McCutcheon Bc1 a3

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Qc3

  16. Classical Variation, McCutcheon Be3 Castling

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O-O Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5

  17. Classical Variation, McCutcheon Be3 a3

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nf3 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qh5 e5

  18. Classical Variation, McCutcheon Bd2 Nf3

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qg5+

  19. Classical Variation, McCutcheon Bd2 h4

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 c4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rh3 b5