French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Haberditz Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 f5
The French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Haberditz Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C03, reached after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 f5. 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 169 times by this move order. White won 46%, 5% were drawn and Black won 49%. The most popular continuation is 4. exf5 (56% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.95 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ndf3 cxd4)
- ECO
- C03
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 f5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 65 | |
| 2000+ | 104 | |
| All | 169 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. exf5 | 94 (56%) | |
| 4. e5 | 42 (25%) | |
| 4. exd5 | 23 (14%) | |
| 4. f3 | 8 (5%) | |
| 4. Ngf3 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4. Qh5+ | 1 (1%) |
Master games
91 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 45%, draw 17%, Black 38%). The strongest:
- AllieSteinv0.8-120f959_PS1.7 (3543) – Stockfish2021061923 (3632) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 21 Premier 2021 · 2021-07-08
- Stockfish2021061923 (3632) – AllieSteinv0.8-120f959_PS1.7 (3543) 1-0 · TCEC 21 Premier 2021 · 2021-07-06
- GM Sergei Movsesian (2640) – GM Eckhard Schmittdiel (2412) 1/2-1/2 · Bundesliga 2019-20 · 2021-10-15
- GM Sergey A. Fedorchuk (2604) – GM Eckhard Schmittdiel (2402) 1-0 · Bundesliga 2021-22 · 2022-03-05
- GM Sanan Sjugirov (2703) – CM Levente Miszler (2280) 1-0 · Titled Tue 20th Sep Late · 2022-09-20
Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM kirill_kopyonkin (2682) – FM Guary1 (2864) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- IM MassterofMayhem (2614) – GM petrovich_gm (2614) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- PitZampas (2342) – great_nezhmetdinov2 (2528) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2
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.