French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation

C11

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3

How it went

642 ours · 2,911 masters

White wins 41% Draws 24% Black wins 35%

Continuations

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

Master games

Karjakin, Sergey — Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 · 2019
Kasparov, Garry — Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 · 2003
Carlsen, Magnus — Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 · 2012
Kasparov, Garry — Shirov, Alexei 1-0 · 2001
Kasparov, Garry — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 1/2-1/2 · 1998

Games in Spain

Pichot,A (2625) — Vachier Lagrave,M (2761) 1/2-1/2
Firouzja,Alireza (2757) — Shirov,A (2652) 1-0
Anand,V (2751) — Santos Latasa,J (2626) 1/2-1/2
Pichot,A (2637) — Grischuk,A (2745) 0-1
Pichot,A (2637) — Grischuk,A (2745) 1-0
Andreikin,D (2729) — Chigaev,M (2617) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2648) — Grischuk,A (2719) 1-0
Ivic,Velimir (2582) — Vallejo Pons,F (2710) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 f4 c5 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 Be3
e4 e6 d4 d5 Nc3 Nf6 e5 Nfd7 f4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 Be3
e4, e6, d4, d5, Nc3, Nf6, e5, Nfd7, f4, c5, Nf3, Nc6, Be3