French Defense: Classical Variation, Shirov-Anand Variation

C11

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2

How it went

137 ours · 349 masters

White wins 48% Draws 13% Black wins 39%

Continuations

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

Master games

Carlsen, Magnus — Fressinet, Laurent 1-0 · 2016
Harikrishna, Pentala — Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 · 2019
Robson, Ray — Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 · 2017
Wang, Hao — Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 · 2021
Grischuk, Alexander — Potkin, Vladimir 1-0 · 2017

Games in Spain

Carlsen,M (2833) — Shirov,A (2652) 1-0
Pichot,A (2630) — Grischuk,A (2776) 0-1
Pichot,A (2638) — Shirov,A (2665) 0-1
Moussard,J (2656) — Garcia Moral Garcia,J (2255) 1-0
Pichot,A (2649) — Sharshenbekov,Emir (2078) 1-0
Paravyan,D (2620) — Shirov,A (2647) 1-0
Pichot,A (2647) — Moussard,J (2590) 0-1
Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia,Daniel (2399) — Shirov,A (2647) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Nce2
e4 e6 d4 d5 Nc3 Nf6 e5 Nfd7 Nce2
e4, e6, d4, d5, Nc3, Nf6, e5, Nfd7, Nce2