French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Chistyakov Defense

C07

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5

How it went

412 ours · 1,990 masters

White wins 39% Draws 26% Black wins 35%

Continuations

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French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Eliskases Variation C07 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 47 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Chistyakov Defense, Modern Line C07 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 32

Master games

Zherebukh, Yaroslav — So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 · 2017
Anand, Viswanathan — So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 · 2017
Hou, Yifan — Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 · 2016
Karjakin, Sergey — Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 · 2017
Topalov, Veselin — Kamsky, Gata 1-0 · 2009

Games in Spain

Ibarra Jerez,JC (2570) — Grischuk,A (2745) 0-1
Castellanos Rodriguez,R (2478) — Vidit,S (2731) 0-1
Larino Nieto,D (2375) — Andreikin,D (2729) 1/2-1/2
Ibarra Jerez,JC (2563) — Andreikin,D (2729) 1/2-1/2
Zelbel,P (2456) — Santos Latasa,J (2677) 0-1
Shankland,S (2672) — Baches Garcia,G (2322) 1-0
Estrada Nieto,J (2161) — Xiong,Jeffery (2656) 0-1
Martinez Pla,Xavier (2264) — Bluebaum,M (2655) 1/2-1/2

This line is also written

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 c5 4 exd5 Qxd5
e4 e6 d4 d5 Nd2 c5 exd5 Qxd5
e4, e6, d4, d5, Nd2, c5, exd5, Qxd5