fredthebear: This is the first example in this database of Amos Burn playing the Burn variation of the French Defense. (Amos had played other French Defense variations prior to this.) French defence
C11 Sub-variants:
French defence
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6
French, Swiss variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3
French, Henneberger variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be3
French, Steinitz variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5
French, Steinitz, Bradford attack
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qg4
French, Steinitz variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6
French, Steinitz, Brodsky-Jones variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc5 8. Qg4 O-O 9. Nf3 f6
French, Steinitz variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3
French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3
French, Steinitz, Gledhill attack
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Qg4
French, Burn variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4
Amos Burn was not the first player to use the Burn variation, but he played it more frequently and more successfully than those of earlier times.