ECO C00

French Defense

French Defense is a chess opening classified under ECO C00. Its defining line here is 1. e4 e6.

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1. e4 e6

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Opening name, ECO code, and main line come from the Lichess open chess openings dataset.

Other catalogued lines with this name

  • C00: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5

Variations