French Defence

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French Defence

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uncountable 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.

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noun chess opening

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@misc{french_defence_2026,
  title = {French Defence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/french%20defence},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}