French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Albin-Chatard Gambit
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5
The French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Albin-Chatard Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C13, reached after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5. It is a line of the French Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 292 times by this move order. White won 60%, 3% were drawn and Black won 37%. The most popular continuation is 8. Nh3 (71% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.31 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. Qg4 g6 10. Nf3 a6)
- ECO
- C13
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 147 | |
| 2000+ | 145 | |
| All | 292 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. Nh3 | 207 (71%) | |
| 8. Nf3 | 51 (17%) | |
| 8. Qd3 | 20 (7%) | |
| 8. Nb5 | 7 (2%) | |
| 8. Bd3 | 3 (1%) | |
| 8. Nce2 | 1 (0%) | |
| 8. Rh3 | 1 (0%) | |
| 8. Rh2 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
227 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 49%, draw 19%, Black 32%). The strongest:
- Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) – Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-29
- Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) – Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-29
- GM Aram Hakobyan (2615) – GM Christopher Woojin Yoo (2548) 0-1 · Titled Tue 28th Jun Late · 2022-06-28
- GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2474) – GM Anton Korobov (2683) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 30th Mar · 2021-03-30
- GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2472) – GM Anton Korobov (2683) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 22nd June · 2021-06-22
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Professor_check (2583) – The_Pursuer (2641) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
- Alex199 (2442) – GM double11 (2622) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
- bvv15 (2493) – IM Tahaned2015 (2557) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4
More French Defense lines (all)
- French Defense (1. e4 e6) C00
- French Defense (2. d4 d5) C00
- French Defense: Alapin Gambit C00
- French Defense: Baeuerle Gambit C00
- French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit C00
- French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit, Pinova Gambit C00
- French Defense: Bird Invitation C00
- French Defense: Carlson Gambit C00
- French Defense: Chigorin Variation C00
- French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit C00
- French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit Accepted C00
- French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit C00
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.