Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Open

B40

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4

How it went

5,618 ours · 31,365 masters

White wins 41% Draws 19% Black wins 40%

Continuations

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Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Deferred B40 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 21 Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal B40 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 459 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation B41 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 1,566 Sicilian Defense: Kveinis Variation B40 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 44 Sicilian Defense: Paulsen-Basman Defense B40 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 189 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation B44 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 3,287

Master games

Aronian, Levon — Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 · 2018
Polgar, Judit — Topalov, Veselin 1/2-1/2 · 2006
Dominguez Perez, Leinier — Yu, Yangyi 1-0 · 2019
Artemiev, Vladislav — Chigaev, Maksim 1/2-1/2 · 2018
Polgar, Judit — Polgar, S... 1-0 · 2013

Games in Spain

Sevian,Samuel (2660) — Herrera Reyes,J (2304) 0-1
Xiong,Jeffery (2646) — Villa Tornero,Alex (2325) 0-1
Panda,Vedic (2100) — Pichot,A (2644) 0-1
Goh Weiming (2473) — Chigaev,M (2617) 0-1
Maurizzi,MarcAndria (2611) — Yuffa,D (2604) 1/2-1/2
Prraneeth,Vuppala (2417) — Santos Ruiz,Miguel (2596) 0-1
Vaibhav,S (2594) — Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2577) 0-1
Ponce Cano,Adrian (2194) — Sanal,V (2590) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4
e4 c5 Nf3 e6 d4 cxd4
e4, c5, Nf3, e6, d4, cxd4