French Classical

In the opening book this is the French Defense: Classical Variation.

The book line for French Defense: Classical Variation is e4, e6, d4, d5, Nc3, Nf6. This page collects the 23 named lines under that variation.

23 named lines · ECO C11, C13, C14 · 3,499 tagged puzzles in the source database

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French Defense: Classical Variation

Play the next move in the line.

  1. e4
  2. e6
  3. d4
  4. d5
  5. Nc3
  6. Nf6

Moves in the main line

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black pawn moves from e7 to e6.
  3. White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
  4. Black pawn moves from d7 to d5.
  5. White knight moves from b1 to c3.
  6. Black knight moves from g8 to f6.

Named lines

  • French Defense: Classical Variation (C11) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Delayed Exchange Variation (C11) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Shirov-Anand Variation (C11) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation (C11) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Swiss Variation (C11) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3
  • French Defense: Classical Variation (C13) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation (C13) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation, Main Line (C13) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Burn Variation, Morozevich Line (C13) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Frankfurt Variation (C13) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ng8 6. Be3 b6
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Normal Variation (C13) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Richter Attack (C13) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Richter Attack (C13) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e5 Be7 7. Qg4
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Tartakower Variation (C13) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ne4
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Vistaneckis Variation (C13) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ng8
  • French Defense: Classical Variation (C14) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bg5
  • French Defense: Classical Variation (C14) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Alapin Variation (C14) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nb5
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Pollock Variation (C14) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qg4
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Rubinstein Variation (C14) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2
  • 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
  • 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
  • French Defense: Classical Variation, Tarrasch Variation (C14) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bd3

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