Chess opening · ECO C00
French Defense
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1. e4 e6
French Defense is catalogued under ECO code C00. It is reached after 1 move (2 half-moves): 1. e4 e6. After the last move it is White to play. White opens 1. e4. It is the defining line of the French Defense family, which has 212 catalogued lines in total. Many deeper lines continue from here, listed below.
Comes from
Continues with
- French Defense: Banzai-Leong GambitC00
- French Defense: Bird InvitationC00
- French Defense: Chigorin VariationC00
- French Defense: Horwitz AttackC00
- French Defense: King's Indian AttackC00
- French Defense: Knight VariationC00
- French Defense: La Bourdonnais VariationC00
- French Defense: Normal VariationC00
- French Defense: Queen's KnightC00
- French Defense: Réti-Spielmann AttackC00
More French Defense lines
- French Defense: Steiner VariationC00
- French Defense: Steinitz AttackC00
- French DefenseC00
- French Defense: Baeuerle GambitC00
- French Defense: Franco-Hiva GambitC00
- French Defense: Franco-Sicilian DefenseC00
- French Defense: King's Indian Attack, Franco-Hiva GambitC00
- French Defense: Knight Variation, Franco-Hiva GambitC00