ECO C05

French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation

French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO C05. Its defining line here is 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6.

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6

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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

  • C05: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6

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