tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084619245099614590.post4585548851092873532..comments2024-01-30T06:59:13.486+11:00Comments on Lousy@Chess: Don't You Just Hate The French Defence?tanchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248501580728956514noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084619245099614590.post-75602646520621366202007-11-30T07:52:00.000+11:002007-11-30T07:52:00.000+11:00Hello,The French Defence is all based on a single ...Hello,<BR/><BR/>The French Defence is all based on a single coherent strategy.<BR/><BR/>Break down White's central pawns. Put as much pressure as you can on it. Tie up White as much as possible so that White has to spend valuable time protecting the pawns.<BR/><BR/>I don't play the Winawer (I don't like giving up my dark square bishop) nor the Burn variation (which usually involves opening up the g file).<BR/><BR/>I find the most dangerous weapons against the French is the Tarrasch Var. GM Michael Adams is fond of the Tarrasch Var whenever he encounters the French OTB. It is important to know what Black has to do.<BR/><BR/>The French experts on the Black side are Nigel Short, Mikhail Gurevich, Etienne Bacrot, Viktor Korchnoi and Evgeny Bareev.<BR/><BR/>I would recommend looking for games from these top players.<BR/><BR/>For books, John Watson's Play The French is a good book to study this opening.<BR/><BR/>Hope this helps! :)tanchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10248501580728956514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084619245099614590.post-20546560873395360052007-11-30T03:04:00.000+11:002007-11-30T03:04:00.000+11:00i used to hate the french, now i play it often...t...i used to hate the french, now i play it often...turns out, it's pretty deadly (if you know what you are doing, which i don't yet)...chessloserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534803469949990391noreply@blogger.com