French Defence

English

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Moves: 1.e4 e6

Noun

French Defence (uncountable)

1. A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 e6, in which the white king's pawn advances two squares and the black king's pawn advance one square.

Translations

chess opening

• Finnish: ranskalainen puolustus
• German: Französische Verteidigung (de) f

Further reading

• French Defence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia