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Opening name: French Defense
Opening line: 1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5
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Winning percentages

White: 648 (35.58%)
Black: 547 (30.04%)
Draws: 626 (34.38%)



Engine Evaluation

Depth: 55
Score: 0.0
Best Move: g3
PV Line: 1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. a4 b6 7. Bf4 Bb7

Historical games for French Defense

GameResultYear
Giri, A. (2773) vs Topalov, V. (2798)1/2-1/22015
Nakamura, Hikaru (2775) vs Tiviakov, Sergei (2656)1-02012
Gelfand, Boris (2675) vs Topalov, Veselin (2740)1-01998
Adams, Michael (2715) vs Gurevich, Mikhail (2694)1-02000
Kamsky, Gata (2746) vs Bartel, Mateusz (2654)1-02012
Bu, Xiangzhi (2702) vs Vitiugov, Nikita (2681)0-12009
Kovalev, Vl (2623) vs Grischuk, A. (2758)1-02022
Morozevich, Alexander (2749) vs Lastin, Alexander (2628)1-02001
Nakamura, Hi (2775) vs Goloshchapov, A. (2586)1-02014
Shirov, Alexei (2695) vs Khalifman, Alexander (2655)1-01995
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