French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, with h4

C18

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4

How it went

59 ours · 305 masters

White wins 53% Draws 15% Black wins 32%

Continuations

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

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 · 1991
Kasparov, Garry — Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 · 1992
Morozevich, Alexander — Lputian, Smbat G 1-0 · 2007
Grischuk, Alexander — Kamsky, Gata 1/2-1/2 · 2011
Nepomniachtchi, Ian — Savchenko, Boris 0-1 · 2011

Games in Spain

Anton Guijarro, David (2618) — Ivanchuk, Vassily (2710) 1-0
Anton Guijarro,D (2668) — Khodko,Yurii N. (2354) 1-0
Svane,Frederik (2654) — Yuffa,D (2654) 1-0
Pichot,A (2630) — Lugovskoy,M (2420) 0-1
Tomczak,J (2570) — Gutierrez Olivares,D (2354) 1-0
Lobanov,Sergei (2506) — Gutierrez Olivares,D (2354) 1-0
Karttunen,M (2489) — Gutierrez Olivares,D (2354) 1-0
Szpar,Milosz (2487) — Gutierrez Olivares,D (2354) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.h4
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 bxc3 Ne7 7 h4
e4 e6 d4 d5 Nc3 Bb4 e5 c5 a3 Bxc3+ bxc3 Ne7 h4
e4, e6, d4, d5, Nc3, Bb4, e5, c5, a3, Bxc3+, bxc3, Ne7, h4