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French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line (C09)
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 c5 4 exd5 exd5 5 Ngf3 Nc6

Number of games in database: 1948
Years covered: 1926 to 2025
Overall record:
   White wins 32.6%
   Black wins 16.5%
   Draws 50.9%

Popularity graph, by decade

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Milan Matulovic  22 games
Vlastimil Jansa  18 games
Efim Geller  17 games
Wolfgang Uhlmann  76 games
Rafael Vaganian  60 games
Ivan Farago  32 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Karpov vs Uhlmann, 1973
Keres vs Capablanca, 1938
Capablanca vs Rubinstein, 1928
Geller vs Uhlmann, 1970
Panov vs Bondarevsky, 1937
Stein vs Spassky, 1967
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 page 1 of 78; games 1-25 of 1,948  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. P List vs Saemisch ½-½291926BerlinC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
2. Capablanca vs Rubinstein 1-0441928BerlinC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
3. Capablanca vs D E McNab 0-1411929Simul, 30bC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
4. Capablanca vs H Felderhof 0-1611931Simul, 30bC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
5. Levenfish vs M Yudovich Sr 1-0311933USSR ChampionshipC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
6. J van den Bosch vs Kmoch  1-0531936AmsterdamC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
7. Panov vs Bondarevsky 0-1301937USSR ChampionshipC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
8. T Drezga vs S Matvejev  1-0251937Yugoslav ChampionshipC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
9. A Gromer vs V Halberstadt  ½-½691938Paris L'EchiquierC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
10. G Kieninger vs H Herrmann  ½-½461938German ChampionshipC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
11. Keres vs Capablanca 1-0381938AVROC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
12. M Johansson vs H Carlsson  ½-½271938Ludvig Collijn Jubilee TournamentC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
13. Keres vs Stahlberg 1-0561939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-4C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
14. M Rauch vs O Cruz Filho  1-0451939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-AC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
15. B Ekenberg vs O Cruz Filho  ½-½431939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-AC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
16. I Rudakovsky vs Boleslavsky  0-1521940Ukrainian ChampionshipC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
17. Bondarevsky vs Alatortsev  ½-½741940URS-sfC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
18. I Rudakovsky vs Alatortsev  1-0251940URS-sfC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
19. Spielmann vs S Lundholm 1-0371940MatchC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
20. V Mikenas vs M Stolberg 0-1551940USSR ChampionshipC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
21. Bondarevsky vs Boleslavsky  ½-½341940USSR ChampionshipC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
22. Ragozin vs Botvinnik 0-1241941Training game MarchC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
23. Eric Gutmanis vs I Zdanovs  0-1271941Baltic SSR Team tournamentC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
24. J Louma vs B Thelen  1-0691943UJCS-17.KongressC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
25. E S Jackson vs M L Hanauer  ½-½471943Ventnor CityC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-11-03  nicolas: what are the best free chess on line internet sites? thanks.
Feb-11-03
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sneaky: I like freechess.org (FICS) ... you have to download software to use it properly but it attracts a large number of mostly strong players. Even the occasional GM.

(By the way, you'll probably get more answers to that question if you move it to the kibitzer's cafe (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...) instead of the French, Tarrasch page!)

Apr-16-07  gambitfan: OPOD 16/04/2007
Apr-20-08  whiteshark: Opening of the Day

Team Black, take care! :D

Apr-20-08  Red October: thanks for the <Advance> tip :)
Apr-20-08  whiteshark: <RO> Think nothing of it! :^)
Apr-21-08  whiteshark: Ooops! It can't be explained in any other way. :D
Jun-04-10  Robin01: 1.e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nd7?! -- Black's fourth move seems wrong. How can white take advantage of this? Perhaps there is not any way. Normally black's knight goes to c6. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks.


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