[Event "The French Defense: The French Defense"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/HZLMqeK2/rjDGqhed"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/SugrRush77"] [UTCDate "2020.01.30"] [UTCTime "16:15:14"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/HZLMqeK2/rjDGqhed"] [Orientation "black"] 1. e4 e6 { Black, with 1. e6, is aiming to play d5 when it will be supported by a pawn instead of just the queen. } 2. d4 d5 { Now if exd5, ...exd5. From this principal position, White can choose between e5, Nc3, Nd2, and the dreaded exd5. } *