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97_C11_Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation Opposite
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Mainline French Defense, Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation (C11)

1.e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5


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Opening Explorer (64 games)

8...Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Qf2 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Be3 Qa5
Caruana vs G Meier, 2013 
(C11) French, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2

8...Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Qf2 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Be3 Qa5
Wei Yi vs Y Vovk, 2015 
(C11) French, 37 moves, 1-0

French game of the Year 2015 !?!
Robson vs Y Vovk, 2015 
(C11) French, 37 moves, 0-1

0-0-0 both
Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2003 
(C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1

6...Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. h4 Nc6 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. O-O-O a6
Kramnik vs Buhmann, 2016 
(C11) French, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

E Inarkiev vs Nepomniachtchi, 2006 
(C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0

E Inarkiev vs P Kiriakov, 2005
(C11) French, 68 moves, 0-1

7...Be7 8.Qd2 a6 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.a3 O-O 11.Qf2 Qa5 12.O-O-O Nd7
A R Saleh Salem vs R Svane, 2016 
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1-0

8...Bc5 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 a6 11.h4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Rh3 b4
Kasparov vs Short, 1994 
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0

8...Bc5 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 a6 11.Qf2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Qc7 13.Bd3
Kramnik vs Radjabov, 2003 
(C11) French, 36 moves, 1-0

8...Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.h4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.h5 b4
Topalov vs Morozevich, 1999 
(C11) French, 31 moves, 0-1

8...Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. g3 b4
Giri vs Tiviakov, 2015
(C11) French, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

8...Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Nb3 Bb4 12.Bd3 b5 13.g4 Na5
R S Jones vs S Jessel, 2016
(C11) French, 36 moves, 1-0

8...Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Nb3 Bb4 12.Bd3 b5 13.Rhf1 Nb6
Anand vs Morozevich, 2005 
(C11) French, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

8...Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Nb3 Bb4 12.Bd3 b5 13.Rhf1 Na5
Y Hou vs Nepomniachtchi, 2008 
(C11) French, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2

14.Bxh7+
A Muzychuk vs Z Tan, 2017 
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0

8. Qd2 a6 9. a3 O-O 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 b6 12. b4 f6 13. bxc5
K Alekseenko vs R Svane, 2017
(C11) French, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2

7...a6 8. Ne2 b5 9. c3 b4 10. cxb4 cxd4 11. Nexd4 Bxb4+ 12. Kf2
Sasikiran vs R Svane, 2017 
(C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0

Sun Xinyue vs H Cordes, 2016
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1-0

Eljanov vs S Gagare, 2016
(C11) French, 40 moves, 1-0

Kramnik vs G Meier, 2016 
(C11) French, 38 moves, 1-0

via Sicily
J Boardman vs A Kalaiyalahan, 2016
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0

Karjakin vs B Adhiban, 2017 
(C11) French, 31 moves, 0-1

B Prince vs S Volkov, 2016 
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1-0

M Kravtsiv vs A Hobber, 2016 
(C11) French, 29 moves, 1-0

D Barlov vs C Hoi, 1975
(C11) French, 19 moves, 1-0

6. Nf3 a6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. c3 b5 9. a3 c4 10. g4 h5 11. gh5 Rh5
Vachier-Lagrave vs Naiditsch, 2017 
(C11) French, 43 moves, 0-1

6...Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bb5 Ndb8 10. Qf2 c4 11. Ne2 a6
Anand vs Pelletier, 2017 
(C11) French, 39 moves, 1-0

J van Foreest vs J Christiansen, 2017
(C11) French, 46 moves, 1-0

Timman vs A Yusupov, 1986 
(C11) French, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2

E Najer vs A Korobov, 2017
(C11) French, 96 moves, 1-0

M Dizdarevic vs I Bjelobrk, 2001 
(C11) French, 36 moves, 0-1

Fischer vs Benko, 1962 
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0

outpost e5 vs bad B
Motylev vs R Svane, 2017 
(C11) French, 59 moves, 1-0

B Adhiban vs A Korobov, 2017 
(C11) French, 34 moves, 1-0

Shirov vs O Nikolenko, 1991 
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0

J van Foreest vs R Svane, 2016
(C11) French, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

Vachier-Lagrave vs Bluebaum, 2017 
(C11) French, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

Harikrishna vs N Studer, 2017 
(C11) French, 24 moves, 1-0

Karjakin vs So, 2011 
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

Steinitz Variation
Anand vs Shirov, 2000 
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0

8.Nxd4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bb4
de Firmian vs Huebner, 1995 
(C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0

R Gao vs M Gurevich, 2014
(C11) French, 21 moves, 1-0

M Ragger vs D Andreikin, 2008 
(C11) French, 67 moves, 0-1

Z Gofshtein vs M Gurevich, 2001 
(C11) French, 39 moves, 1-0

AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2017 
(C11) French, 52 moves, 1-0

M Casella vs C S Matamoros Franco, 2015 
(C11) French, 21 moves, 0-1

Svidler vs Korchnoi, 2008 
(C11) French, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2

Shirov vs M Bartel, 2010 
(C11) French, 21 moves, 1-0

0-0 vs uncstld
Nepomniachtchi vs Sutovsky, 2018 
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0

Z Gofshtein vs E Kengis, 1978 
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0

0-0||
R Edouard vs M Zumsande, 2008 
(C11) French, 39 moves, 1-0

0-0 0-0
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018 
(C11) French, 255 moves, 1/2-1/2

N Spaan vs O Johannsson, 2011
(C11) French, 44 moves, 1-0

0-0 / 0-0-0
Svidler vs Morozevich, 2007 
(C11) French, 19 moves, 0-1

0-0 0-0
Firouzja vs P Kostenko, 2019
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0

M Ragger vs Bluebaum, 2016 
(C11) French, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2

B Laurent vs P Deiller, 2001
(C11) French, 26 moves, 1-0

Aronian vs F Vallejo Pons, 2019 
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

0-0||
Sutovsky vs C Vernay, 2015 
(C11) French, 24 moves, 1-0

Sutovsky vs D Forcen Esteban, 2017
(C11) French, 24 moves, 1-0

A Muzychuk vs M Herbold, 2017 
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0

Korchnoi vs D Keller, 1984 
(C11) French, 53 moves, 1-0

0-0 vs Kf8
Wei Yi vs Y Xu, 2019
(C11) French, 34 moves, 1-0

S Khanin vs Z Tsydypov, 2017
(C11) French, 20 moves, 1-0

P Motwani vs Korchnoi, 1988 
(C11) French, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

F Vallejo Pons vs Y Xu, 2019
(C11) French, 26 moves, 1-0

Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2010 
(C11) French, 45 moves, 0-1

Carlsen vs R Prasca Sosa, 2006 
(C11) French, 33 moves, 1-0

Shirov vs Morozevich, 2004 
(C11) French, 40 moves, 1-0

Grischuk vs J Nogueiras, 2006 
(C11) French, 43 moves, 1-0

...g5!?
D Frolyanov vs S Volkov, 2005
(C11) French, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2

M Palac vs B Deac, 2014
(C11) French, 36 moves, 1-0

M Palac vs Gleizerov, 2014
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0

Leko vs Andersson, 1997 
(C11) French, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Burn
P Schmidt vs H Nowarra, 1941 
(C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0

AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018  
(C11) French, 240 moves, 1/2-1/2

Giri vs Firouzja, 2021 
(C11) French, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Donchenko vs U Fataliyeva, 2023
(C11) French, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2

Great Anti-Steinitz with 7...h6!? ||0-0-0 both sides
G Adocchio vs L O Hauge, 2016 
(C11) French, 30 moves, 0-1

Great Anti-Steinitz with 7...h6!?
F Semprun Martinez vs L O Hauge, 2016
(C11) French, 47 moves, 0-1

Anti-Steinitz with 7...h6!? || 0-0-0 both
L Milman vs P Kiriakov, 2005
(C11) French, 26 moves, 1-0

7_h6 8.f5!? Chllng
X Xu vs S Mihajlov, 2016
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0

S Grover vs S Mihajlov, 2018
(C11) French, 53 moves, 1-0

7_h6!?
R Yan vs Shabalov, 2020
(C11) French, 35 moves, 0-1

7_h6 - Moska's take
S Gonzalez De La Torre vs V Moskalenko, 2019
(C11) French, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

M Lagarde vs Aronian, 2024 
(C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1

Gledhill Attack 5.Qg4
B Gurgenidze vs Petrosian, 1963 
(C11) French, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2

Gledhill Attack 5.Qg4
A Bobrishchev-Pushkin vs Timofejew, 1911 
(C11) French, 20 moves, 1-0

OT:Burn Variation Morozevich Line 14.Nxf5!!
J van Foreest vs D Gavrilescu, 2018 
(C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0

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