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 C00-C19 

C00
1.e4 e6 French:
2.e5 French: Steinitz
2.f4 French: Labourdonnais
2.b3 French: Spielmann
2.g3 French: Réti
2.c4 French: Steiner
2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.Qb3 French: Steiner (Orthoschnapp)
2.Nc3 French: Queen's Knight
2.Nc3 d5 3.f4 French: Queen's Knight (Pelikán)
2.Nf3 French: King's Knight
2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 French: King's Knight (Wing Gambit)
2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 French: Two Knights
2.Bb5 French: Bird
2.Qe2 French: Chigorin
2.d3 French: Hanham
2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.Be2 French: Hanham (Reversed Philidor)
C01
1.e4 e6 2.d4 French:
2…c5 French: Franco-Benoni
2…d6 French: Lengfellner
2…a6 French: St. George
2…a6 3.c4 b5 4.cxb5 axb5 5.Bxb5 French: St. George (St. George Gambit)
2…d5 3.Be3 French: Alapin
2…d5 3.Bd3 French: Schlechter
2…d5 3.exd5 French: Exchange
2…d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd3 Ne7 French: Exchange (Canal)
2…d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 French: Exchange (Svenonius)
2…d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nc6 French: Exchange (Bogolubov)
C02
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 French: Advance
3…Bd7 French: Advance (Bishop Swap)
3…c5 4.dxc5 French: Advance (Steinitz)
3…c5 4.Qg4 French: Advance (Nimzovich Attack)
3…c5 4.Qg4 cxd4 5.Nf3 French: Advance (Nimzovich Gambit)
3…c5 4.Nf3 French: Advance (Nimzovich)
3…c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 French: Advance (Wade)
3…c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 French: Advance (Paulsen)
3…c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 French: Advance (Euwe)
3…c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 French: Advance (Milner-Barry)
C03
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 French: Tarrasch
3…f5 French: Tarrasch (Haberditz)
C04
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 French: Tarrasch (Guimard)
4.Ngf3 Nf6 French: Tarrasch (Byrne)
C05
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 French: Closed Tarrasch
4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 French: Closed Tarrasch (Pawn Center)
4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nb6 French: Closed Tarrasch (Leningrad)
4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 French: Closed Tarrasch (Botvinnik)
C06
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 French: Closed Tarrasch
8.cxd4 Nb6 French: Closed Tarrasch (Russian)
C07
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 French: Open Tarrasch
4.exd5 Nf6 French: Open Tarrasch (Shaposhnikov)
4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd8 French: Open Tarrasch (Eliskases)
C08
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 French: Open Tarrasch (Exchange)
C09
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 French: Open Tarrasch (Exchange)
C10
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 French: Paulsen
3…c5 French: Paulsen (Marshall)
3…dxe4 French: Rubinstein
3…dxe4 4.Nxe4 Qd5 French: Rubinstein (Becker)
3…dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 French: Rubinstein (Fort Knox)
3…dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 French: Rubinstein (Capablanca)
C11
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 French: Paulsen
4.Be3 French: Paulsen (Henneberger)
4.exd5 French: Paulsen (Svenonius)
4.Bd3 French: Paulsen (Swiss)
4.Bg5 dxe4 French: Paulsen (Burn)
4.e5 French: Steinitz
4.e5 Nfd7 5.Qg4 French: Steinitz (Gledhill)
4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Qg4 French: Steinitz (Bradford)
4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.a3 Bxc5 8.Qg4 0-0 9.Nf3 f6 French: Steinitz (Brodsky-Jones)
4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 French: Steinitz (Boleslavsky)
C12
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 French: MacCutcheon
5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Qd2 Qa5 French: MacCutcheon (Bogolubov)
5.e5 French: MacCutcheon (Advance)
5.e5 h6 6.exf6 French: MacCutcheon (Chigorin)
5.e5 h6 6.exf6 hxg5 7.fxg7 Rg8 8.h4 gxh4 9.Qg4 French: MacCutcheon (Grigoriev)
5.e5 h6 6.Bc1 French: MacCutcheon (Olland)
5.e5 h6 6.Bh4 French: MacCutcheon (Bernstein)
5.e5 h6 6.Be3 French: MacCutcheon (Janowski)
5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 French: MacCutcheon (Lasker)
5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Nfd7 French: MacCutcheon (Tartakower)
5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 Kf8 9.Bc1 French: MacCutcheon (Duras)
C13
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 French: Classical
5.Bxf6 French: Classical (Anderssen)
5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e5 Be7 7.Qg4 French: Classical (Richter)
5.e5 Ng8 French: Classical (Vistaneskis)
5.e5 Ng8 6.Be3 b6 French: Classical (Frankfurt)
5.e5 Ne4 French: Classical (Tartakower)
5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 French: Albin
5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 f6 French: Albin (Teichmann)
5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 c5 French: Albin (Breyer)
5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 0-0 French: Albin (Spielmann)
5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 a6 French: Albin (Maróczy)
C14
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 French: Classical
6…Qxe7 7.Qd2 French: Classical (Rubinstein)
6…Qxe7 7.Qd2 0-0 8.f4 c5 9.Nf3 10.0-0-0 c4 French: Classical (Ståhlberg)
6…Qxe7 7.Qg4 French: Classical (Pollock)
6…Qxe7 7.Bd3 French: Classical (Tarrasch)
6…Qxe7 7.Nb5 French: Classical (Alapin)
6…Qxe7 7.f4 French: Classical (Steinitz)
C15
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 French: Winawer
4.Bd2 French: Winawer (Fingerslip)
4.Bd3 c5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bd2 French: Winawer (Kondratiev)
4.Nge2 French: Winawer (Maróczy)
4.Nge2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.N2g3 0-0 8.Be2 Nc6 French: Winawer (Alatortsev)
4.Nge2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nc6 7.g4 French: Winawer (Alekhine)
4.Nge2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ French: Winawer (Alekhine Gambit)
4.Nge2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Nxc3 Nc6 French: Winawer (Kan)
C16
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 French: Advance Winawer
4…Qd7 French: Advance Winawer (Petrosian)
C17
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 French: Advance Winawer
5.Qg4 French: Advance Winawer (Russian)
5.Bd2 French: Advance Winawer (Bogolubov)
5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 French: Advance Winawer (Armenian)
5.a3 cxd4 6.axb4 dxc3 7.Nf3 French: Advance Winawer (Rauzer)
C18
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 French: Advance Winawer
6…Qc7 French: Advance Winawer (Classical)
6…Ne7 7.Qg4 French: Advance Winawer (Poisoned Pawn)
6…Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Kd1 French: Advance Winawer (Euwe)
6…Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 French: Advance Winawer (Konstantinopolsky)
C19
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 French: Advance Winawer
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 French: Advance Winawer (Smyslov)

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