French Sicilian Variation

Sort:
Avatar of Thaddeus_Samson

Avatar of BirdsDaWord

This is a Scheveningen.

Avatar of Thaddeus_Samson

It's the Sicilian Defense: French Variation.

Avatar of kwaloffer

And what's the question? What's the point of just posting some moves without any comment or anything?

Avatar of Thaddeus_Samson

kwaloffer: Forums > Chess Openings The opening I was experimenting with is the comment.

Avatar of BirdsDaWord

 I see that 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 is the Sicilian Defense: French Variation.  But that is not enough info, for what you posted.  Black did not continue in typical French setup with ...d5, but rather chose ...d6.  After move 5 in your setup, we have entered the Sicilian Scheveningen.  That is the neat thing about both ...e6 and ...d6 against 1. e4 in the Sicilian - both paths can easily lead into the Schev, which makes the move order very flexible.