French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation

C14

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4

How it went

70 ours · 500 masters

White wins 46% Draws 17% Black wins 37%

Continuations

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French Defense: Classical Variation, Stahlberg Variation C14 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O c4

Master games

Anand, Viswanathan — Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 · 2008
Topalov, Veselin — Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 · 2012
Shirov, Alexei — Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 · 2000
Leko, Peter — Volkov, Sergey 1-0 · 2000
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof — Korobov, Anton 1-0 · 2021

Games in Spain

Chigaev,M (2632) — Goltsev,Dmitry (2216) 0-1
Bettalli,Francesco (2252) — Chigaev,M (2628) 0-1
Bazyrtsyrenov,Kirill (2299) — Chigaev,M (2626) 1/2-1/2
Hakobyan,Aram (2620) — Bas Mas,J (2236) 1-0
Yip,Carissa (2466) — Yuffa,D (2604) 0-1
Yip, Carissa (2466) — Yuffa, Daniil (2604) 0-1
Paravyan,D (2586) — Castellanos Gomez,Alejandro (2277) 1-0
Tiglon, Bryce (2510) — Camps Abadia, Arnau (2179) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 Be7 5 e5 Nfd7 6 Bxe7 Qxe7 7 f4
e4 e6 d4 d5 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e5 Nfd7 Bxe7 Qxe7 f4
e4, e6, d4, d5, Nc3, Nf6, Bg5, Be7, e5, Nfd7, Bxe7, Qxe7, f4