French Defence

1.e4 e6

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2.d4 d5

White now has three 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)



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