French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation, Kunin Double Gambit
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Qxd4
The French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation, Kunin Double Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C15, reached after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Qxd4. 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 5 times by this move order. White won 60%, 0% were drawn and Black won 40%. The most popular continuation is 6. O-O-O (60% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.31 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 6. Nf3 Qf6 7. Qxe4 Qe7 8. Qg4 Nf6)
- ECO
- C15
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Qxd4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 4 | |
| All | 5 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. O-O-O | 3 (60%) | |
| 6. Nf3 | 2 (40%) |
Master games
21 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 29%, draw 42%, Black 29%). The strongest:
- GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2589) – GM Nigel D Short (2633) 1-0 · Vergani Cup Jan 2022 · 2022-01-09
- GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2630) – FM Alexandros Papasimakopoulos (2379) 1-0 · World Blitz 2024 · 2024-12-30
- GM Attila Czebe (2392) – GM Ivan Farago (2379) 1/2-1/2 · FSGM February 2019 · 2019-02-12
- FM Alberto Martin Fuentes (2376) – FM Sergei Ljukin (2362) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early · 2024-01-23
- GM Ivan Farago (2363) – IM To, N. (2347) 1/2-1/2 · FSIM April 2019 · 2019-04-01
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Gilhamesch123 (2380) – amir1701 (2387) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
- Bellifortis (2230) – antonnete (2341) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
- Dragonrouge7 (2195) – Rapidswn (2224) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2
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.