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Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e6/2. d4/2...d5/3. Nc3/3...Nf6/4. e5

< Chess Opening Theory | 1. e4 | 1...e6 | 2. d4 | 2...d5 | 3. Nc3 | 3...Nf6
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Classical variation
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8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black kingh8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black kinge7 black kingf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black pawnf6 black knightg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black pawne5 white pawnf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 black kingd4 white pawne4 black kingf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 white knightd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 black kinge2 black kingf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 black kingc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 white knighth1 white rook1
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

rnbqkb1r/ppp2ppp/4pn2/3pP3/3P4/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKBNR b

Moves: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5

Classical Defence/Steinitz Variation

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Black's Knight on f6 is attacked, granting white space and a tempo with the e5 pawn push. Most often Black retreats it to d7 as Black's only 2 other viable moves, Ng8 and Ne4, either give white a significant development advantage or allow white to compromise Black's central pawn structure by exchanging Knights. This variation is one of the highest-scoring against the French, with white winning 34% of games.

Theory table

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

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5
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Main Line (e5)
Nfd7		 =

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References

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Wikipedia has related information at French Defence

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