Answers.Body: <p>According to "The Batsford Guide to Chess Openings" by Leonard Barden and Tim Harding:</p>
  
  <p>"This move had its introduction into master play as the result of a fingerslip by Alekhine against Flohr, at Nottingham in 1936. He had intended 4 P-K5 P-QB4 5 B-Q2, but played the moves in the wrong order"</p>
  
  <p>The game is at</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008345">http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008345</a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: There were earlier occurrences in master play: Marshall-Chigorin, Monte Carlo (1901) and Speijer-Alekhine(!), Hamburg (1910).
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Answers.Text: In algebraic notation, that's 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2.
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Body: <p>Why is <a href="http://chesstempo.com/gamedb/opening/712">this</a> particular iteration of the "French Defense, Winawer Variation" called the "Fingerslip Variation"? </p>
  
  <pre><code>[fen "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
  1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2
  </code></pre>
  
Tags: <opening><history><terminology><french-defense>
Title: How does the "French Defense, Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation" get its name?
ThreadText: # How does the "French Defense, Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation" get its name?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-30)
  
  Why is [this](http://chesstempo.com/gamedb/opening/712) particular iteration of the "French Defense, Winawer Variation" called the "Fingerslip Variation"?
  
  ```
  [fen "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
  1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2
  
  ```
  
  **Tags:** opening, history, terminology, french-defense
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-31. Score: 15 | Accepted answer
  
  According to "The Batsford Guide to Chess Openings" by Leonard Barden and Tim Harding:
  
  "This move had its introduction into master play as the result of a fingerslip by Alekhine against Flohr, at Nottingham in 1936. He had intended 4 P-K5 P-QB4 5 B-Q2, but played the moves in the wrong order"
  
  The game is at
  
  <http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008345>
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: There were earlier occurrences in master play: Marshall-Chigorin, Monte Carlo (1901) and Speijer-Alekhine(!), Hamburg (1910).  
  > **username_3**: In algebraic notation, that's 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2.  
  
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