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C11: French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3

French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation

C11 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 9414
Last Played: Aug 2026
Overall score:
40.6% 33.8% 25.6%

Played frequently by:

White  
Friso Nijboer 52 games
Sergey Karjakin 29 games
John D M Nunn 28 games
Black  
Sergey Volkov 45 games
Mikhail Gurevich 43 games
Igor Glek 43 games

Possible continuations:

7... a6  3289
39.3 % 35.7 % 24.9 %
7... cxd4  3011
40.3 % 35.4 % 24.3 %
7... Be7  1636
39.3 % 33.1 % 27.6 %
7... Qb6  1139
45.2 % 27 % 27.7 %
7... Rb8  158
36.1 % 36.7 % 27.2 %
7... f6  42
59.5 % 14.3 % 26.2 %
7... b6  41
53.7 % 17.1 % 29.3 %
7... Qa5  37
59.5 % 21.6 % 18.9 %
7... h6  30
40 % 23.3 % 36.7 %
7... c4  13
61.5 % 38.5 %
7... g6  6
66.7 % 33.3 %
7... f5  6
33.3 % 50 % 16.7 %
7... Qc7  2
50 % 50 %
7... Ne7  2
100 %