French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation

C11

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

How it went

944 ours · 3,827 masters

White wins 42% Draws 22% Black wins 36%

Continuations

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French Defense: Classical Variation, Shirov-Anand Variation C11 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 137 French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Gledhill Attack C11 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Qg4 17 French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Bradford Attack Variation C11 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qg4 1

Master games

Schneider, Ilja — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 0-1 · 2009
Bauer, Christian — Bareev, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 · 2003
Jobava, Baadur — Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 · 2014
Morozevich, Alexander — Bareev, Evgeny 0-1 · 1999
Nepomniachtchi, Ian — Andreikin, Dmitry 1-0 · 2010

Games in Spain

Pichot,A (2651) — Velten,P (2481) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2631) — Mammadov,Z (2417) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2631) — Jumabayev,R (2631) 0-1
Kuznetsov,Mi1 (2218) — Shirov,A (2620) 0-1
Grigoryan,K2 (2619) — Moreno Trujillo,A (2489) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2588) — Marjanovic,Annamaria (2338) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2588) — Kalezic,B (2451) 1-0
Ibarra Jerez,JC (2563) — Martinez Reyes,P (2389) 1-0

This line is also written

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