French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Breyer Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5
The French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Breyer Variation 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 c5. 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 121 times by this move order. White won 59%, 3% were drawn and Black won 38%. The most popular continuation is 7. Bxe7 (45% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.62 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 7. Bxe7 Kxe7 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. dxc5 Ndxe5)
- ECO
- C13
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 52 | |
| 2000+ | 69 | |
| All | 121 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. Bxe7 | 55 (45%) | |
| 7. Nb5 | 38 (31%) | |
| 7. Qg4 | 8 (7%) | |
| 7. Nf3 | 8 (7%) | |
| 7. f4 | 7 (6%) | |
| 7. dxc5 | 2 (2%) | |
| 7. Bb5 | 2 (2%) | |
| 7. Be3 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
141 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 62%, draw 15%, Black 23%). The strongest:
- LCZero 0.28-dev+_69626 (3623) – Stockfish 14_202107131735 (3639) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 21 Superfinal 2021 · 2021-07-22
- Stockfish 14_202107131735 (3639) – LCZero 0.28-dev+_69626 (3623) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 21 Superfinal 2021 · 2021-07-22
- GM Yifan Hou (2661) – GM Thanh Trang Hoang (2485) 1-0 · 41st Olympiad Women 2014 · 2014-08-08
- GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (2644) – IM Nitish Belurkar (2479) 1-0 · Titled Tue 27th Jan 2026 · 2026-01-27
- IM Maximilian Berchtenbreiter (2421) – GM Alexander Riazantsev (2689) 0-1 · 15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014 · 2014-03-03
Highest-rated Lichess games
- classic_chess3456 (2599) – Ktoto-nekto (2504) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- ferrariiii (2581) – m_e_l_o (2484) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Fecr777 (2522) – sack11 (2454) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 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.