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The French Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. ... is one of the main systems in the French, ... 2.c4 (attempting to discourage 2...d5 by Black ...
If White fianchettoes both bishops, castles kingside, and refrains from occupying the center with pawns, the result may be described as the Réti System. [ 1 ] In the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings , Réti Opening is classified as codes A04–A09, where it is closely associated with the King's Indian Attack .
White can play 2.c4 for the English Opening or 2.e4 for the French Defense (if Black plays 2...d5) or the Sicilian Defense (if Black plays 2...c5). Another non-committal move for White is 2.d4, which can lead to the Sicilian Defense , the Queen's Gambit Declined , the Dutch Defense , the Indian Defenses , the King's Indian Attack , or the ...
English Opening: King's English Variation, Keres Defense: 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 c6; English Opening: King's English Variation: 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3; English Opening: King's English Variation, Smyslov Defense: 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4; English Opening: King's English Variation, Troger Defense: 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Be6
Pillar 2 – Gun, turret and ammunition (French-German lead). In a first step, different national cannon systems are to be developed and one system selected following comparative trials. Pillar 3 – Secondary armament with, for example, guided missiles (French lead) Pillar 4 – Communication, command and deployment system (French-German lead)
Manhattan Variation of the QGD (also called the Westphalia Defence) – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Bb4 or 5.e3 Bb4; Mannheim Variation of the QGA – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+ Mar del Plata Variation of the King's Indian Defence – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
Schlechter–Rubinstein System of the Tarrasch Defence – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 – named after Carl Schlechter and Akiba Rubinstein [10] Schlechter Variation of the French Defence – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 – named after Carl Schlechter [ 128 ]
Although not very aggressive for a first move, play may transpose to lines of the English Opening (c2–c4), Queen's Pawn Game (d2–d4), or French Defense (delayed d2–d4), reversed Dutch Defense (f2–f4) positions, the modern variation of Larsen's Opening (b2–b3), or the Stonewall Attack.