French Defense: Paulsen Variation

C10

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3

How it went

4,026 ours · 19,488 masters

White wins 47% Draws 18% Black wins 35%

Continuations

6

French Defense: Classical Variation C11 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 1,763 French Defense: Hecht-Reefschläger Variation C10 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 229 French Defense: Marshall Gambit C10 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 39 French Defense: Rubinstein Variation C10 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 588 French Defense: Winawer Variation C15 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 1,316 French Defense: Steinitz Variation C11 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 13

Master games

Karjakin, Sergey — Demidov, Mikhail 1-0 · 2013
Grischuk, Alexander — Demidov, Mikhail 1-0 · 2021
Tari, A.. — Radjabov, T.. 1-0 · 2022
Morozevich, Alexander — Abdel Razik, Khaled 1-0 · 2009
Fedoseev, Vl3 — Demidov, Mikhail 0-1 · 2017

Games in Spain

Pichot,A (2638) — Carlsen,M (2832) 0-1
Ibarra Jerez,JC (2559) — Caruana,F (2798) 0-1
Niemann,Hans Moke (2688) — Rodriguez Fontecha,M (2278) 1-0
Pallardo Lozoya,J (2357) — Van Foreest,Jorden (2671) 1/2-1/2
Chigaev,M (2632) — Demidov,M (2568) 1/2-1/2
Pichot,A (2630) — Nilsen,Tobias Lang (2169) 1-0
Demchenko,A (2623) — Rodriguez Fontecha,M (2309) 0-1
Santos Latasa,J (2616) — Stefansson,Vignir Vatnar (2519) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3
e4 e6 d4 d5 Nc3
e4, e6, d4, d5, Nc3