ECO C00

French Defense: Pelikan Variation

French Defense: Pelikan Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO C00. Its defining line here is 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. f4.

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1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. f4

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

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