ECO C10

French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense

French Defense: Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense is a chess opening classified under ECO C10. Its defining line here is 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7.

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7

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The diagram shows the position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7. Play through it move by move in the interactive explorer.

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

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