French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Pawn Center Variation

C05

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4

How it went

92 ours · 398 masters

White wins 55% Draws 14% Black wins 31%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Svidler, Peter — Svidler, Peter 0-1 · 2006
Ponomariov, Ruslan — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 1-0 · 2013
Shirov, Alexei — Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2-1/2 · 2008
Kamsky, Gata — Shabalov, Alexander 1-0 · 2013
Shirov, Alexei — Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 · 2007

Games in Spain

Alekseenko,K (2707) — Huerga Leache,M (2442) 0-1
Sargsyan,Shant (2639) — O Leary,John Paul (2074) 1-0
Delgado Ramirez,N (2614) — Tejedor Fuente,Enrique (2419) 1-0
Postny,E (2605) — Estrada Nieto,J (2280) 1-0
Henriquez Villagra,C (2597) — Gutierrez Olivares,D (2354) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2588) — Dilmukhametov,Artur (2298) 1-0
Perez Candelario,Man (2578) — Santagati,A (2299) 1/2-1/2
Ibarra Jerez,JC (2570) — Yang Kaiqi (2481) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 f4
e4 e6 d4 d5 Nd2 Nf6 e5 Nfd7 f4
e4, e6, d4, d5, Nd2, Nf6, e5, Nfd7, f4