Chess openings / Sicilian Defense
Sicilian Defense: French Variation
Sicilian Defense: French Variation (B40) starts 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6. In 47,769 games between strong players, White wins 47%, 13% are drawn and Black wins 40%; the most played move is 3.d4 (63%).
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6
- ECO
- B40
- Games between strong players
- 47,769
- To move
- White
White wins, draws and Black wins, from this position.
What strong players play next
The moves played most from this position in over-the-board broadcasts and the Lichess Elite Database, how often, and how the games ended.
| Move | Played | Results | Leads to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.d4 | 63% (30,022) | – | |
| 3.c3 | 13% (6,228) | Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6 | |
| 3.Nc3 | 6% (2,794) | – | |
| 3.g3 | 6% (2,709) | – | |
| 3.b3 | 4% (2,009) | Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Westerinen Attack | |
| 3.d3 | 3% (1,607) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Sicilian Defense 1.e4 c5
- Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Open 30,193 games
- Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6 6,441 games
- Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Westerinen Attack 2,089 games
- Sicilian Defense: Kramnik Variation 1,263 games
- Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit Deferred 441 games
- Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack, Fianchetto Variation 238 games
- Sicilian Defense: Marshall Counterattack 120 games
- Sicilian Defense: Drazic Variation 103 games
Top players' games in the Sicilian Defense: French Variation, reviewed
More Sicilian Defense lines
- Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations 106,774 games
- Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Main Line 69,131 games
- Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian 62,139 games
- Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation 48,946 games
- Sicilian Defense: Closed 29,862 games
- Sicilian Defense: Open 27,951 games
- Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 24,896 games
- Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation 16,544 games
- Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation 16,215 games
- Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack 16,181 games
- Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation 14,818 games
- Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional 13,887 games
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