French Defense: Classical Variation

C13

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

How it went

269 ours · 1,325 masters

White wins 41% Draws 19% Black wins 40%

Continuations

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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 159 French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation, Main Line C11 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 25

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 · 2000
Aronian, Levon — Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 · 2021
Anand, Viswanathan — Radjabov, Teimour 1/2-1/2 · 2002
Anand, Viswanathan — Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 · 2002
Anand, Viswanathan — Bareev, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 · 2003

Games in Spain

Chigaev,M (2632) — Kramnik,V (2753) 0-1
Vallejo Pons,F (2716) — Shankland,S (2710) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2621) — Erigaisi,Arjun (2710) 1-0
Vokhidov,Shamsiddin (2681) — Baches Garcia,G (2322) 1-0
Anton Guijarro,D (2681) — Jumabayev,R (2654) 1-0
Amar,Elham (2529) — Shirov,A (2646) 1/2-1/2
Anton Guijarro,D (2642) — Fridman,D (2584) 1/2-1/2
Schnaider,Ilan (2402) — Shirov,A (2610) 0-1

This line is also written

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