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French Defense: Paulsen Variation

ECO C10 · 33,154 games · Black to move

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
49% White6% Draw45% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Nf612,67138.2%French Defense: Classical Variation C11
Bb47,84923.7%French Defense: Winawer Variation C15
dxe47,68323.2%French Defense: Rubinstein Variation C10
c52,2456.8%French Defense: Marshall Gambit C10
c61,1323.4%
Nc63581.1%French Defense: Hecht-Reefschläger Variation C10
a61670.5%
h61570.5%
f51460.4%
Be71380.4%
Ne71330.4%
b6350.1%

A further 440 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4French Defense 1... e6French Defense: Normal Variation 2. d4French Defense 2... d5French Defense: Paulsen Variation 3. Nc3

Other lines in this family

Classical VariationC11… 3... Nf614,685Rubinstein VariationC10… 3... dxe48,076Classical Variation, Steinitz VariationC11… 3... Nf6 4. e57,982Winawer VariationC15… 3... Bb47,838Classical VariationC11… 3... Nf6 4. Bg55,221Winawer Variation, Advance VariationC16… 3... Bb4 4. e54,033Steinitz VariationC11… 3... Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf33,340Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne DefenseC10… 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd73,276Winawer Variation, Advance VariationC17… 3... Bb4 4. e5 c52,875Classical Variation, Normal VariationC13… 3... Nf6 4. Bg5 Be72,771

All 126 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.