French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4

ECO C01

The French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation is a chess opening line in the French Defense complex, reached after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4.

It is catalogued under code C01 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move c4 is chosen by White on move 4.

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