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The French Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. ... after which play can resemble the 2.d3 variation or the Closed Variation of the Sicilian Defence.
Steinitz Variation in the Evans Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.0-0 Qf6; Steinitz Variation in the French Defence: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4; Steinitz Variation in the French Defence: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5; Steinitz Variation in the French Defence: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5
New Castle Gambit of the French Defence, Tarrasch Variation – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 e5; New York Variation of the Benoni Defense – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.h3; Nordic Gambit – 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 (alternative name for the Danish Gambit) Nordwalde Variation of the King's Gambit Declined - 1.e4 e5 ...
8 French Defense. 9 Indian Defense. 10 Italian Game. 11 King's Gambit. ... Spanish Countergambit – C60 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d5 [242] Spanish Wing Gambit ...
Winawer Variation of the French Defence – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 – named after Simon Winawer [161] Wolf Gambit of the French Defence – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.Nge2 [citation needed] Worrall Attack of the Ruy Lopez – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 – named after Thomas Herbert Worrall [162]
The Marshall Gambit in the Scandinavian Defense. 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6; The Marshall Gambit in the Tarrasch Defense: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e4; The Marshall Gambit in the Semi-Slav Defense: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2; Marshall Gambit in the Paulsen Variation of the French Defense, 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c5
Miguel Najdorf vs Carlos Enrique Guimard, Vigna del Mare 1945, French Defense, Classical, Burn Variation, C11, 0–1; Svetozar Gligorić vs Carlos Enrique Guimard, Buenos Aires 1960, French Defense, Classical, Burn Variation, C11, 0–1
White's most common move is 4.Bb5, the Spanish Variation. This variation can also be reached from the Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence. After 4.Bb5, Black has four major alternatives. The first of these is 4...Bb4, the Symmetrical Variation known as the Double Spanish Variation. Black can play more aggressively by 4...Nd4, the Rubinstein Variation.