Classical French:

Move by Move

Cyrus Lakdawala

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781781941911

This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to study any chess opening and at the same time improve your general chess skills and knowledge. In this book, International Master Cyrus Lakdawala invites you to join him in studying the French Defense, Classical Variation, which is a popular choice among chess players of all levels. Lakdawala examines in detail the important and commonly played lines, including the Steinitz, McCutcheon and Burn Variations. Using illustrative games and drawing on his own experience with the opening, he explains the main positional and tactical ideas for both sides, provides answers to all the key questions and tells you everything you need to know about successfully playing the Classical French. ·Essential guidance and training in the Classical French ·Provides repertoire options for Black ·Utilizes an ideal approach to chess study

Table of contents

• About the author
• Series Foreword
• Bibliography
• Introduction
• 1 Classical Steinitz Main Line
• 2 The Shirov-Anand Line
• 3 Poisoned Pawn Line
• 4 Old School Classical Line
• 5 Burn Variation
• 6 McCutcheon Main Line
• 7 McCutcheon 6 Be3 and 6 Bc1
• 8 McCutcheon Deviations and Delayed Exchange Variation
• Index of Games
• Akash.G-Caruana.F, FIDE World Cup, Tromso 2013
• Akopian.V-Volkov.S, Monarch Assurance Open, Port Erin 2006
• Alozy.F-Thirion.P, Correspondence 2005
• Alvarez Pedraza.P-Moskalenko.V, Spanish League, Barcelona 2011
• Anand.V-Morozevich.A, FIDE World Championships, San Luis 2005
• Anand.V-Shirov.A, Bilbao Grand Slam, Spain 2010
• Anand.V-Shirov.A, FIDE World Championship Final, Tehran 2000
• Arutyunov.N-Lakdawala.C, Gambito Open (rapid), San Diego 2013
• Baramidze.D-Bartel.M, German League 2012
• Bruzon Batista.L-Short.N.D, Capablanca Memorial, Havana 2010
• Chan.D-Ding.L, Asian Nations Championship (Team), Zaozhuang 2012
• Dikmen.A.S-Gouw.C.G, Correspondence 2005
• Druckenthaner.A-Drozdovskij.Y, Hastings Masters, England 2009
• Gashimov.V-Nakamura.H, Amber (rapid), Monte Carlo 2011
• Georgiev.K-Dolmatov.S, GMA Qualifier, Moscow 1990
• Grund.H-Kobalia.M, European U18 Championship, Rimavska Sobota 1996
• Gutsko.N-Kiselev.V, Lugansk Stanitsa, Ukraine 2010
• Huebner.R-Korchnoi.V, San Francisco 1995
• Humphrey.J-Lakdawala.C, Gambito Open (rapid), San Diego 2013
• Inarkiev.E-Nepomniachtchi.I, Siberian Bank Cup, Novosibirsk 2012
• Ivanchuk.V-Volkov.S, European Club Cup (team), Saint Vincent 2005
• Jenni.F-Korchnoi.V, Korchnoi Birthday (rapid), Zurich 2001
• Jovanovic.Z-Najer.E, European Championship, Dresden 2007
• Kamsky.G-So.W, FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk 2009
• Karjakin.S-Andreikin.D, FIDE World Cup, Tromso 2013
• Kovalevskaya.E-Volkov.S, Russian League, Togliatti 2003
• Kuipers.S-Vallejo Pons.F, German League 2012
• Kurnosov.I-Volkov.S, Russian Championship Qualifier, St Petersburg 2004
• Lalic.B-Speelman.J, Hastings Premier, England 2000
• Lanka.Z-Morozevich.A, Chebanenco Memorial, Kishinev 1998
• Leko.P-Nakamura.H, Renova Group Grand Prix, Zug 2013
• Lupulescu.C-Smerdon.D, World Chess Olympiad, Calvia 2004
• Lutz.C-Morozevich.A, Biel 2010
• Macieja.B-Ivanchuk.V, FIDE World Championship, Moscow 2001