ECO C16

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Petrosian Variation

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Petrosian Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO C16. Its defining line here is 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7.

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7

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The diagram shows the position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7. 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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