French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation, Morozevich Line

C11

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6

How it went

159 ours · 768 masters

White wins 46% Draws 18% Black wins 36%

Continuations

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

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Gurevich, Mikhail 1-0 · 2000
Carlsen, Magnus — Sedlak, Nikola 1/2-1/2 · 2010
Gashimov, Vugar — Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 · 2011
Gashimov, Vugar — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2011
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime — Nepomniachtchi, Ian 0-1 · 2021

Games in Spain

Ibarra Jerez,JC (2563) — Grischuk,A (2745) 1/2-1/2
Chigaev,M (2588) — Vitiugov,N (2722) 1/2-1/2
Vallejo Pons,F (2716) — Gadimbayli,Abdulla (2524) 1/2-1/2
Vallejo Pons,F (2716) — Gadimbayli,Abdulla (2524) 1-0
Vallejo Pons,F (2716) — Morozevich,A (2659) 1-0
Anton Guijarro,D (2681) — Kashlinskaya,A (2494) 1-0
Vokhidov,Shamsiddin (2670) — Shirov,A (2648) 0-1
Ivannikov,Maksim (2184) — Shirov,A (2652) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 dxe4 5 Nxe4 Be7 6 Bxf6 gxf6
e4 e6 d4 d5 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 dxe4 Nxe4 Be7 Bxf6 gxf6
e4, e6, d4, d5, Nc3, Nf6, Bg5, dxe4, Nxe4, Be7, Bxf6, gxf6