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 C15 French: Winawer (Nimzovich)

1. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
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Variants without 4.e5
I. 4.exd5
II. 4.Bd3
III. 4.Ne2
IV. 4.Bd2
V. 4.a3!?
VI 4.Qg4?!

 C15 French: Winawer

2. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3
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3.
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Sidelines
4. ... Ba5 (retreat variant)
[29] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Ba5 5.b4 Bb6 6.e5 a5 7.b5 c5 8.Na4 cxd4 9.Qg4 Kf8 10.Nxb6 Qxb6 11.a4 Qc7 12.Ba3+ Ne7 13.Qxd4 Nd7 14.Nf3 b6 15.Bd6 Qd8 16.Ra3 Ke8 17.Bd3 Bb7 18.Qg4 Ng6 19.Rc3 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Bxc8 21.h4 f5 22.Qg3 Rg8 23.Ng5 Ngf8 24.Nxh7 g6 25.Bxf8 Kf7 26.Bd6 Nc5 27.Ng5+ Kg7 28.h5 Rh8 29.Nxe6+ 1-0
[58] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Ba5 5.Qg4 Nf6 6.Qxg7 Rg8 7.Qh6 dxe4 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Bg5 Rg6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qe3 e5 12.Qxe4 Rg4 13.dxe5 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Qh4 15.Qe3 Re4 16.Qg3 Qh5 17.f4 Bg4 18.Qd3 Qg6 19.Qg3 Qh5 20.Qf2 O-O-O 21.h3 Bxe2 22.Bxe2 Nxe5 23.fxe5 Qxe5 24.Kf1 Rd2 25.Bg4+ Rxg4 26.Qxd2 Rf4+ 27.Kg1 Qc5+ 28.Kh2 1-0
 
7. ... Nfd7
[91] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Ne7 6.Nf3 dxe4 7.Ng5 Nbc6 8.Bc4 Na5 9.Nxf7 Kxf7 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qxa5 Nd5 12.O-O Re8 13.Bd2 b6 14.Qb5 Bb7 15.Rae1 a6 16.Qb1 b5 17.Rxe4 Qd6 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.Rh4 h5 20.Qc1 Ke7 21.c4 1-0
7. ... Nf6?!
[30] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Nf6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.a4 c5 8.Qg4 Kf8 9.h4 Qc7 10.Rh3 cxd4 11.Ba3+ Kg8 12.Qxg7+ 1-0

 C15 French: Winawer 4.a3

4. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 (sometimes also already referred to as WRG*)
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8. ... c5 (book: 9.Nge2 Rg6 (or Nbd7, Nc6 or Bd7)
[47] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 c5 9.Ne2 Rg6 10.Qe3 Nc6 11.dxc5 Ng4 12.Qxe4 Qd1+ 13.Kxd1 Nxf2+ 14.Ke1 Nxe4 15.Nf4 Rg8 16.Bd3 Nxc5 17.Bxh7 Rh8 18.Bd3 Nxd3+ 19.cxd3 Bd7 20.Be3 O-O-O 21.Kf2 e5 22.Ne2 Bg4 23.h3 Bh5 24.d4 Bxe2 25.Kxe2 exd4 26.cxd4 Nxd4+ 27.Kf2 b6 28.Rhd1 Ne6 29.Rac1+ Kb7 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.h4 Rh8 32.g3 b5 33.Kf3 a5 34.Ke4 Re8 35.Kf3 Rh8 36.Rc3 f5 37.Rd3 Kc6 38.Bd2 Ra8 39.Bc3 Kc5 40.Bf6 b4 41.h5 Ra7 42.Re3 Kd6 43.Be5+ Kd5 44.Bb2 Kd6 45.Rd3+ Kc5 46.Rd2 Rh7 47.Rh2 Kd6 48.a4 Ke7 49.g4 f4 50.Rd2 1-0
[46] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 c5 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Ng3 Rg6 11.Qe3 Nd5 12.Qxe4 Nxc3 13.Qd3 Nd5 14.Be2 Qf6 15.c3 cxd4 16.cxd4 N7b6 17.Bh5 Rg7 18.Bf3 Qg6 19.Be4 f5 20.Bf3 Kf8 21.a4 Rc7 22.O-O Bd7 23.Ba3+ Kg8 24.a5 Rc3 25.Qb1 Na4 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.Qxb7 Qc6 28.a6 Nb6 29.Bc5 f4 30.Nf5 Kh8 31.Ne7 Qe6 32.Bxb6 Bc6 33.Nxc6 Rg8 34.Ne5 Rg7 35.Qb8+ Rc8 36.Ng6+ Rxg6 37.Qxf4 Qxb6 38.Qe5+ Rg7 39.Qxd5 Rd8 40.Qe5 Qxd4 41.Qxd4 1-0
[47] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 c5 9.Ne2 Rg6 10.Qe3 Nc6 11.dxc5 Ng4 12.Qxe4 Qd1+ 13.Kxd1 Nxf2+ 14.Ke1 Nxe4 15.Nf4 Rg8 16.Bd3 Nxc5 17.Bxh7 Rh8 18.Bd3 Nxd3+ 19.cxd3 Bd7 20.Be3 O-O-O 21.Kf2 e5 22.Ne2 Bg4 23.h3 Bh5 24.d4 Bxe2 25.Kxe2 exd4 26.cxd4 Nxd4+ 27.Kf2 b6 28.Rhd1 Ne6 29.Rac1+ Kb7 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.h4 Rh8 32.g3 b5 33.Kf3 a5 34.Ke4 Re8 35.Kf3 Rh8 36.Rc3 f5 37.Rd3 Kc6 38.Bd2 Ra8 39.Bc3 Kc5 40.Bf6 b4 41.h5 Ra7 42.Re3 Kd6 43.Be5+ Kd5 44.Bb2 Kd6 45.Rd3+ Kc5 46.Rd2 Rh7 47.Rh2 Kd6 48.a4 Ke7 49.g4 f4 50.Rd2 1-0
5a. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 (sometimes also already referred to as WRG*)
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5b.
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8. ... Rg6 9.Qe3 (or 9.Qd2 b6, book: 9.Qe3 Nc6 10.Bb2 Ne7)
[28] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 Rg6 9.Qe3 Nc6 10.Bb2 b6 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.h3 h5 13.c4 Qd6 14.Ne2 O-O-O 15.Nf4 Rgg8 16.Be2 Qe7 17.d5 exd5 18.cxd5 Ne5 19.c4 Ba6 20.Qc3 Nfd7 21.d6 cxd6 22.c5!! Bxe2? 23.cxd6+ Nc5 24.dxe7 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Bxd1 26.Qxe5 Ba4 27.Kb1 Bc6 28.Nd5 Bxd5 29.Qxd5 1-0
[93] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 Rg6 9.Qe3 Nc6 10.Bb2 b5 11.Nh3 Bb7 12.Bxb5 Qd6 13.c4 O-O-O 14.O-O-O Ng4 15.Qxe4 a6 16.d5 Ne7 17.Bc6 Nxc6 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.Rxd6 Bxe4 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.f3 Ne3 22.fxe4 Rxg2 23.Bd4 Nxc4 24.Bc5 Kd7 25.Nf4 Rg4 26.Rf1 Kc6 27.Nd3 Rxe4 28.Rxf7 Rh4 29.Rf2 e5 30.Bf8 a5 31.Nb2 Nb6 32.Nd3 Nc4 33.Nb2 Nb6 34.Bg7 Kd5 35.Rd2+ Ke6 36.Re2 e4 37.Bc3 Nd5 38.Bxa5 Ke5 39.c4 Nb6 40.Bc3+ Kf5 41.Be1 Rh6 42.Rf2+ Ke6 43.a4 Rh5 44.Re2 Kd7 45.a5 Nc8 46.h4 Re5 47.Nd3 Rf5 48.Rxe4 Nd6 49.Rf4 Rxf4 50.Nxf4 Nxc4 51.Nd5 Kc6 52.Nf6 h6 53.Ng4 h5 54.Nf6 Ne5 55.Nxh5 Nf3 56.Kd1 Kb5 57.Nf6 Nxh4 58.Bxh4 Kxa5 59.Kc2 Kb4 60.Bf2 Kc4 61.Ne4 c5 62.Bxc5 Kd5 63.Kd3 Ke5 64.Bd6+ Kd5 65.Bf4 Ke6 66.Nc3 Kf5 67.Ke3 Ke6 68.Ke4 Kf6 69.Nd5+ Ke6 70.Be5 Kd7 71.Nb4 Ke6 72.Nc6 Kd7 73.Kd5 1-0
{+endgame K+N+B vs K}
[94] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 Rg6 9.Qe3 Bd7 10.f3 Bc6 11.fxe4 Bxe4 12.Nf3 Nbd7 13.Ng5 Bf5 14.Rb1 Nb6 15.Bd3 Nfd5 16.Qd2 Bxd3 17.cxd3 Rxg5 18.Qxg5 Qxg5 19.Bxg5 Nxc3 20.Rb2 Ncd5 21.O-O f5 22.g4 fxg4 23.Re2 Kd7 24.Rf7+ Kc6 25.Rxh7 Kb5 26.Bc1 Rd8 27.Rg7 Nc3 28.Re5+ Nbd5 29.Rxg4 Ka4 30.h4 Rh8 31.Rxe6 a5 32.Kg2 Kb3 33.Re1 b5 34.Kh3 a4 35.Rg2 b4 36.axb4 a3 37.Bd2 a2 38.Ra1 Nxb4 39.d5 Ncxd5 40.Bxb4 Nxb4 41.d4 Ra8 42.Rg7 Nc2 1/2-1/2
[96] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 Rg6 9.Qd2 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.O-O-O Qd6 12.c4 Nc6 13.f3 O-O-O 14.Qe1 Na5 15.fxe4 Qf4+ 16.Kb1 Bxe4 17.Nf3 Rdg8 18.Nh4 Rh6 19.g3 Qd6 20.c5 Qc6 21.Ba6+ Nb7 22.Rf1 bxc5 23.Bxb7+ Kxb7 24.dxc5 e5 25.Qd2 Nd5 26.Rfe1 Rxh4 27.gxh4 Bf3 28.Rc1 Rg2 29.Qd3 e4 30.Qb3+ Kc8 31.Rg1 Rxg1 32.Rxg1 Qxc5 33.Rg8+ Kd7 34.Qb8 Qe7 35.Qc8+ Kc6 36.Qa8+ Kc5 37.Qxa7+ Kd6 38.Bd4 Ke6 39.c4 Nf6 40.Rg5 1-0
 
8. ... Nbd7 (book: 9.Ne2 b6! 10.Be2 (or Bg5?!)
[48] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 Nbd7 9.Nh3 c5 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Bd2 Rxg2 12.Ng5 cxd4 13.Qg7 Rxg5 14.Qxg5 Qxg5 15.Bxg5 dxc3 16.O-O-O a6 17.Rhg1 b5 18.Rg3 Nd5 19.Rh3 f6 20.Be3 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Nf8 22.Bh5+ Ke7 23.Rg3 Bd7 24.Rg7+ Kd8 25.Rdxd7+ Nxd7 26.Rg8+ 1-0

C15 French: Winawer, Winckelmann-Reimer Gambit (WRG)*

6. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.f3
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6. ... exf3 (accepted)
[26] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.f3 exf3 7.Nxf3 Nc6 8.Bd3 Nge7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxh7+ Kh8 11.Ng5 1-0
[27] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.f3 exf3 7.Nxf3 Ne7 8.Bd3 Nbc6 9.O-O Ng6 10.Ng5 O-O 11.Qh5 h6 12.Nxf7 1-0
7. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.f3
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6. ... b6 (WRG declined)
[92] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.f3 b6 7.Nh3 Bb7 8.fxe4 Bxe4 9.Ng5 Bg6 10.Bc4 Nf6 11.Qf3 c6 12.O-O O-O 13.Bf4 h6 14.Nh3 b5 15.Bb3 Nd5 16.a4 a6 17.axb5 cxb5 18.Qg3 Nc6 19.Bd6 Nxc3 20.Rae1 Nxd4 21.Qe5 Nce2+ 22.Kh1 f6 23.Bxe6+ Kh7 24.Qd5 Re8 25.Bg4 Bxc2 26.Ng1 Re5 27.Qb7 Qxd6 28.Qxa8 Be4 29.Qc8 Nxg1 30.Rxe4 Nge2 31.Rxe5 Qxe5 32.Qxa6 Nf4 33.Qa2 Qe4 34.Qf2 Nd3 35.Qf5+ Nxf5 36.Bxf5+ Qxf5 37.Rxf5 Ne5 38.Kg1 Kg6 39.Rf4 Nc6 40.Kf2 Kf7 41.Ke3 Ke6 42.Rf1 f5 43.Kd3 g5 44.Re1+ Kd5 45.Re8 Ne5+ 46.Kc3 Ng4 47.h3 Nf6 48.Rb8 Ke4 49.Kd2 Kf4 50.Ke1 Kg3 51.Kf1 Nd5 52.Rxb5 Ne3+ 53.Kg1 f4 54.Rb3 Kh4 55.Kf2 Nf5 56.Rb4 Kh5 57.Rb5 Nh4 58.Rb6 Ng6 59.Rb1 Nh4 60.Rg1 Kg6 61.Ke2 Kf5 62.Kd3 Ke5 63.Re1+ Kf6 64.Re2 Kf5 65.Ra2 Kg6 66.Kd4 Kh5 67.Ke5 Kg6 68.Rb2 Kg7 69.Ke4 Kg6 70.Rb6+ Kh5 71.Rb2 1/2-1/2
8. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.f3
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6. ... Nf6 (WRG declined)
7.Qg4 (or Qf3...) Nf6 (or Nxc3...) 8.Qg3
[98] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.f3 Nf6 7.fxe4 Nxe4 8.Qg4 Nf6 9.Qg3 Ne4 10.Qxg7 Qf6 11.Qxf6 Nxf6 12.Nf3 Bd7 13.Bb2 Rg8 14.c4 Ng4 15.Bd3 Ne3 16.Ke2 Nxg2 17.Bxh7 Rg7 18.Be4 c6 19.Rhg1 f5 20.Bxf5 exf5 21.Kf2 Kf7 22.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 23.Kxg2 c5 24.Ne5+ Ke7 25.d5 Ba4 26.Ng6+ Kf7 27.Nh8+ Kf8 28.Rg1 Nd7 29.Kf3 Re8 30.Bg7+ Kg8 31.Bf6+ Kf8 32.Ba1 Re4 33.Ng6+ Kf7 34.h4 Bxc2 35.h5 Rxc4 36.h6 Be4+ 37.Ke3 Ra4 38.h7 Rxa3+ 39.Kf4 Rh3 40.h8Q Rxh8 41.Nxh8+ Ke7 42.Rg7+ Kd6 43.Ng6 Bxd5 44.Ne7 Be6 45.Nc8+ Kd5 46.Nxa7 c4 47.Nc8 Kc5 48.Ne7 b5 49.Nxf5 Kb4 50.Nd4 Nc5 51.Ke5 Bh3 52.Nc6+ Kb3 53.Kd6 Ne4+ 54.Kd5 Nf2 55.Nd4+ Kb4 56.Rg1 Bd7 57.Rb1+ Ka3 58.Bc3 Be6+ 59.Kxe6 b4 60.Ra1# 1-0
[59] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.f3 Nf6 7.fxe4 Nxe4 8.Qf3 f5 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh6 Nd7 11.Bd3 Ndf6 12.Nf3 Qe7 13.Ne5 Rg8 14.O-O Bd7 15.Re1 O-O-O 16.Bxe4 Nxe4 17.Rxe4 fxe4 18.Bg5 Qf8 19.Qxh7 e3 20.Bxd8 Qf2+ 21.Kh1 Rxd8 22.Qf7 Qxf7 23.Nxf7 Rf8 24.Ne5 Rf2 25.Rc1 Ba4 26.Kg1 Bxc2 27.Re1 Rd2 28.Rxe3 Rd1+ 29.Kf2 Ra1 30.c4 a5 31.g4 a4 32.h4 Rd1 33.Nf3 Kd7 34.Re1 Kd6 35.Rxd1 Bxd1 36.Ke3 b6 37.Ne5 Bc2 38.h5 gxh5 39.gxh5 c6 40.h6 Bf5 41.Nf3 Ke7 42.Ng5 Kf6 43.h7 Kg7 44.Kf4 b5 45.d5 exd5 46.cxd5 cxd5 47.Kxf5 1-0
[95] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.f3 Nf6 7.fxe4 Nxe4 8.Qg4 Nxc3 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bh6 g6 12.O-O f5 13.Qg3 Re8 14.Bg5 Nf6 15.Rae1 c6 16.Qh4 Rf8 17.Ne5 Ncd5 18.Rf3 Qa5 19.Rh3 Qxa3 20.c4 Nb4 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Qxf6 Nxd3 23.Qf7+ Kh8 24.Rxh7# 1-0
9a. (7.Rb1) 6. ... c5 (WRG declined)
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9b. (7.Nh3)
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9c. (7.Bf4)
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9d. (7.Qd2)
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9e. (7.Bb5?!)
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[97] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. f3 c5
7. Rb1 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. fxe4 Qh4+ 10. Kf1 Qxe4 11. Nf3 O-O-O
12. Bd3 Qg4 13. h3 Qg3 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Qd6 16. Bf2 Nge7
17. dxc5 Qf4 18. g3 Qc7 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. Ne4 Bc6 21. Qe2 Nd5
22. Bd4 Nxd3 23. cxd3 e5 24. Qg4+ Kb8 25. Bf2 f5 26. Qxf5 Ne3+
27. Bxe3 Rhf8 28. Qxf8 Rxf8+ 29. Ke2 Bxe4 30. dxe4 Qf7 0-1
further WRG declined variations: 6. ... e3 or e5 or Nc6 or Nd7 or Bd7 or Qd5