French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System, Main Line

C09

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6

How it went

140 ours · 965 masters

White wins 46% Draws 21% Black wins 33%

Continuations

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

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 · 2001
Nepomniachtchi, I. — Rapport, R. 1/2-1/2 · 2023
Giri, Anish — Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 0-1 · 2021
Karjakin, Sergey — Fedoseev, Vladimir2 1-0 · 2014
Topalov, Veselin — Harikrishna, Pentala 1/2-1/2 · 2007

Games in Spain

Pichot,A (2651) — Stepanencu,Nicodim-Cosmin (2278) 0-1
Fedorchuk,S (2606) — Pogorelov,R (2348) 1/2-1/2
Gharamian,T (2603) — Taboas Rodriguez,D (2348) 1-0
Kollars,Dmitrij (2592) — Diaz Camallonga,C (2474) 1/2-1/2
Ibarra Jerez,JC (2557) — Yanchenko,R (2467) 1-0
Goryachkina,A (2553) — Hernando Rodrigo,Ju (2219) 1-0
Estrada Nieto,J (2156) — Zhu,Jiner (2514) 0-1
Sosa, Tomas (2513) — Huerga Leache, Mikel (2397) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 c5 4 exd5 exd5 5 Ngf3 Nc6
e4 e6 d4 d5 Nd2 c5 exd5 exd5 Ngf3 Nc6
e4, e6, d4, d5, Nd2, c5, exd5, exd5, Ngf3, Nc6