French Defense: Advance Variation, Nimzowitsch Gambit

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4 cxd4 5.Nf3

ECO C02

The French Defense: Advance Variation, Nimzowitsch Gambit is a chess opening line in the French Defense complex, reached after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4 cxd4 5.Nf3.

It is catalogued under code C02 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Nf3 is chosen by White on move 5.

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