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ECO C15Side: Black
French Defense: Winawer Variation
- Semi-open games
- Sharp play
- Pawn chain
- Doubled pawns
Interactive Opening Board
3…Bb4
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3…Bb4
Speed:
Moves
(6 plies • 3 moves)3…Bb4Defining moveTabiya
- 1–3moves
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Legends who played it
- SSzymon Winaweras Black · Named after the player
Mikhail Botvinnikas Black · Signature opening
Games in the Atlas
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Lines below
- C15French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine Gambit Accepted
- C15French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine-Maróczy Gambit
- C15French Defense: Winawer Variation, Delayed Exchange Variation
- C15French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation4 lines
- C15French Defense: Winawer Variation, Kondratiyev Variation
- C15French Defense: Winawer Variation, Winckelmann-Reimer Gambit
- C16French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation13 lines
- C16French Defense: Winawer Variation, Petrosian Variation
- C17French Defense: Winawer Variation, Bogoljubow Variation2 lines
- C17French Defense: Winawer Variation, Maróczy-Wallis Variation
- C17French Defense: Winawer Variation, Retreat Variation2 lines
- C18French Defense: Winawer Variation, Classical Variation
- C18French Defense: Winawer Variation, Eingorn Variation
- C18French Defense: Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation5 lines
- C18French Defense: Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation Declined
- C18French Defense: Winawer Variation, Portisch-Hook Variation
- C18French Defense: Winawer Variation, Warsaw Variation
- C19French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation12 lines
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine Gambit2 lines
- French Defense: Winawer Variation, Exchange Variation