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C16

French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation

Key moves: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3/Nd2 dxe4

In the Rubinstein Variation, Black captures on e4, leading to open positions. White gets a slight space advantage but Black has solid development.

History & Notable Players

Named after Akiba Rubinstein, the legendary endgame player.

Top Players in this Opening

Petrosian, Tigran V18 gamesCaruana,F17 gamesBronstein, David I16 gamesTimman, Jan H14 gamesPortisch, Lajos11 gamesJussupow,Ar10 gamesShort, Nigel D9 gamesTal, Mihail9 gamesKamsky,G8 gamesSpassky, Boris V8 games

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