French Defence

1.e4 e6

2.d4 d5

White now has four major choices:

• 3. exd5 exd5 (Exchange Variation)
• 3. Nc3
  • 3... dx34 (Rubinstein Variation)
  • 3... Bb4 (Winawer Variation)
  • 3... Nf6 (Classical or Steinitz Variation)
• 3. Nd2 (Tarrasch Variation)
• 3. e5 (Advance Variation or Nimzovitch Variation)