C17: French, Winawer, advance variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5

French, Winawer, advance variation

C17 Sub-variants:

French, Winawer, advance variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5

French, Winawer, advance, Bogolyubov variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2

French, Winawer, advance, Russian variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4

French, Winawer, advance, 5.a3
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3

French, Winawer, advance, Rauzer variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. Nf3

Overview

Games on Database:

21326

Last Played:

Jul 2025

Overall score:

42.4%

28.6%

29%

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Played frequently by:

White
Nigel D Short	39 games
Thomas Ernst	38 games
Bela Lengyel	36 games

Black
Smbat G Lputian	71 games
Predrag Nikolic	68 games
Emanuel Berg	67 games

Possible continuations:

5. a3

17645

42.5 %

28.6 %

28.9 %

5. Bd2

2511

42.5 %

30.3 %

27.2 %

5. Qg4

558

45 %

23.8 %

31.2 %

5. dxc5

256

44.9 %

29.7 %

25.4 %

5. Nf3

241

34.9 %

19.9 %

45.2 %

5. Bb5+

38

15.8 %

26.3 %

57.9 %

5. Be3

30

23.3 %

30 %

46.7 %

5. f4

22

27.3 %

59.1 %

5. Nge2

15

20 %

73.3 %

5. g3

6

50 %

33.3 %

16.7 %

5. Bd3

2

100 %