[Event "French Defence - Classical Variation - Introduction: Classical Variation - The Starting Point"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/WDCCWFLz/ZMBxfv4m"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/chessentialsBLOG"] [UTCDate "2023.02.09"] [UTCTime "10:59:47"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/WDCCWFLz/ZMBxfv4m"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 { The Classical Variation is a variation of the French Defence against the 3.Nc3 move-order, characterized by the development of the knight to f6. The knight puts pressure on the e4 pawn and prompts White to do something about it. } { [%cal Rf6e4] } *