C05: French, Tarrasch, closed variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6

French, Tarrasch, closed variation

C05 Sub-variants:

French, Tarrasch, closed variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6

French, Tarrasch, Botvinnik variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6

French, Tarrasch, closed variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6

Overview

Games on Database:

23433

Last Played:

May 2026

Overall score:

43.7%

28.5%

27.8%

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Played frequently by:

White
Michele Godena	54 games
Sergei Tiviakov	49 games
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Black
Sergey Volkov	108 games
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Evgeny Gleizerov	101 games

Possible continuations:

4. e5

21827

44 %

28.3 %

27.7 %

4. Bd3

1419

42.1 %

31.6 %

26.4 %

4. exd5

155

21.3 %

27.1 %

51.6 %

4. Ngf3

19

42.1 %

31.6 %

26.3 %

4. g3

5

40 %

40 %

20 %

4. f3

5

40 %

60 %

4. Bb5+

2

50 %

50 %