C06: French, Tarrasch, closed variation, main line

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4

French, Tarrasch, closed variation, main line

C06 Sub-variants:

French, Tarrasch, closed variation, main line
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4

French, Tarrasch, Leningrad variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb6

Overview

Games on Database:

8720

Last Played:

Nov 2025

Overall score:

40.3%

32.6%

27%

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Played frequently by:

White
Michele Godena	43 games
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Eduardas Rozentalis	28 games

Black
Sergey Volkov	76 games
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Emanuel Berg	55 games

Possible continuations:

8... f6

6935

38.9 %

33.1 %

28 %

8... Qb6

1090

45 %

32.8 %

22.3 %

8... Nb6

396

43.9 %

29.5 %

26.5 %

8... Be7

55.1 %

25.5 %

19.4 %

8... a5

44.9 %

25.8 %

29.2 %

8... Bb4

66.7 %

26.2 %

8... Nb4

35.7 %

39.3 %

25 %

8... f5

57.7 %

15.4 %

26.9 %

8... Qc7

100 %

8... g6

66.7 %

33.3 %

8... b6

100 %

8... a6

33.3 %