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French Defence
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black pawne7 black kingf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black pawnf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 black kingf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 black kingd4 black kinge4 white pawnf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 white pawne2 black kingf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 white knighth1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/4p3/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR w

Moves: 1. e4 e6
ECO code: C00-C19
Parent: King's Pawn Opening

1... e6 - French Defence

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After 1. e4 Black plays e6 signifying their intent to play the French Defence. The move 1... e6 bolsters support for the coming advance d7-d5, providing Black with a good stake in the center and allowing Black to decline recapturing with the queen after the plausible continuation exd5. In most lines White will follow up with 2. d4, with Black's only serious reply to this being 2... d5 (over 154 times more popular than 2... c5 in master play.)

Theory Table

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For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation.

1. e4 e6
2 3 4 5
Main line d4
d5		 Nc3
Nf6		 Bg5
Be7		 e5
Nfd7		 =
Main line / Transposition Nc3
d5		 d4
Nf6		 Bg5
Be7		 e5
Nfd7		 =
King's Indian Attack d3
d5		 Nd2
Nf6		 Ngf3
b6		 g3
dxe4		 =
Two Knights Variation Nf3
d5		 Nc3
d4		 Ne2
c5		 b4
e5		 ∞
Chigorin Variation Qe2
c5		 Nf3
Nc6		 g3
g6		 Bg2
Bg7		 =
Rubinstein Variation d4
d5		 Nc3
dxe4		 Nxe4
Nd7		 Nf3
Ngf6		 -=

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References

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  • Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.


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