Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e6/2. d4/2...d5/3. Nc3
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Moves: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 |
French Defence: Main line[edit | edit source]
3.Nc3 is White's most popular move against the French at the top level, and is considered the most challenging option. White develops a piece and keeps diagonals open for both bishops (unlike 3.Nd2, the Tarrasch Variation). has 3 main options now: 3...Nf6 (The Classical Variation), 3...Bb4 (The Winawer Variation), and 3...dxe4 (The Rubinstein Variation).
Theory table[edit | edit source]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.Nc3 | |||
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3 | 4 | ||
Classical Defence | ... Nf6 |
Bg5 Be7 | = |
Winawer Variation | ... Bb4 |
e5 c5 | = |
Rubinstein variation | ... dxe4 |
Nxe4 Nd7 | = |
Rubinstein variation | ... 3...c5 |
Nf3 | = |
References[edit | edit source]
- Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.