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French Defense: Classical Variation, Shirov-Anand Variation

ECO C11 · 979 games

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2

Out of 979 games from this position: White wins 52%, draws 4%, Black wins 44%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
c591393.3%
a6141.4%

A further 52 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

Data: 4.0M rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.