French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation, Schwarz's Line
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Ne7 5. Nb1
The French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation, Schwarz's Line is a chess opening classified as ECO C15, reached after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Ne7 5. Nb1. It is a line of the French Defense. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 39; best line 5… Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 b6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. Bd3)
- ECO
- C15
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Ne7 5. Nb1
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French Defense: Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2
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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.