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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: 8983
Last Played: Jul 2025
Overall score:
40.6% 33.5% 25.9%

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  3130
39.4 % 35.3 % 25.4 %
7... cxd4  2897
40.5 % 34.8 % 24.7 %
7... Be7  1537
38.9 % 33.2 % 27.8 %
7... Qb6  1127
45.3 % 27.1 % 27.7 %
7... Rb8  121
34.7 % 38.8 % 26.4 %
7... f6  42
59.5 % 14.3 % 26.2 %
7... b6  40
52.5 % 17.5 % 30 %
7... Qa5  36
61.1 % 19.4 % 19.4 %
7... h6  23
43.5 % 30.4 % 26.1 %
7... c4  13
61.5 % 38.5 %
7... f5  6
33.3 % 50 % 16.7 %
7... g6  6
66.7 % 33.3 %
7... Ne7  2
100 %