ECO C02

French Defense: Advance Variation, Steinitz Variation

French Defense: Advance Variation, Steinitz Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO C02. Its defining line here is 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5.

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5

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

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