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Opening Repertoire:

The French Defence

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eBook - ePub

Opening Repertoire:

The French Defence

About this book

The French Defence provides a good choice for players who want to create a dynamic, unbalanced situation out of the opening but baulk at the level of study required to master the ferociously complex Sicilian Defence. The French is one of Black's soundest defences to 1 e4 and is very popular at all levels. White often advances with the space-gaining e4-e5 which, in principle, will generate a small advantage. However, when this structure arises there are no clear points to attack in the black camp and Black has ready-made plans in the form of ...c7-c5 and ...f7-f6, moves that seek to undermine the white centre. In this book, renowned author Cyrus Lakdawala creates a repertoire for Black and navigates through the main lines of the French, providing the reader with well-researched, fresh and innovative analysis. Each annotated game has valuable lessons on how to play the opening, and contains instructive commentary on typical middle-game plans. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. * Presents a complete French Defence repertoire for Black. * Thorough explanations of typical pawn structures and piece manoeuvres. * Utilizes an ideal approach to chess study.

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Information

Publisher
Popular Chess
eBook ISBN
9781781945087
Year
2019

Table of contents

  1. About the Authors
  2. Bibliography
  3. Introduction
  4. 1 The Anti-Winawers
  5. 2 The Main Line Winawer: 4 e5
  6. 3 The Tarrasch
  7. 4 The Advance Variation
  8. 5 The King’s Indian Attack and 2 Qe2
  9. 6 The Exchange Variation
  10. 7 The Two Knights Variation
  11. 8 Second Move Alternatives
  12. Index of Complete Games
  13. Andreikin.D-Vitiugov.N, Saratov 2011
  14. Antoli Royo.J-Ganguly.S, Spanish Team Championship 2009
  15. Baker.B-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2007
  16. Baker.B-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2008
  17. Balares.J-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2009
  18. Bergstrom.R-Bischoff.K, World Senior Championship, Acqui Terme 2017
  19. Bjarnason.S-Roos.L, Copenhagen 1981
  20. Bruno.R-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2006
  21. Chisitiakov.A-Petrosian.T, Moscow 1957
  22. Clawitter.C-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2016
  23. Costello.A-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2016
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  25. Drei.A-Vezzosi.P, Reggio Emilia 1999
  26. Fedorov.A-Rustemov.A, Mikenas Memorial, Vilnius 1997
  27. Glek.I-Khairullin.I, Russian Rapid Championship, Sochi 2016
  28. Haast.A-Van Kampen.R, Wijk aan Zee 2015
  29. Hodgson.J-Short.N, Groningen 1996
  30. Horvath.A-Rapport.R, Hungarian League 2014
  31. Hou Yifan-Mamedyarov.S, Wijk aan Zee 2018
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  33. Ivekovic.Z-Martinovic.S, Zagreb 2011
  34. Joppen.E-Petrosian.T, Belgrade 1954
  35. Kuthan.A-Sebenik.M, Austrian Bundesliga 2018
  36. Labib.I-Bischoff.K, Bled Olympiad 2002
  37. Lakdawala.C-Aldama.D, San Diego (rapid) 2014
  38. Landaw.J-Lakdawala.C, Southern California Championship, Century City 2008
  39. Laznicka.V-Lupulescu.C, European Championship, Yerevan 2014
  40. Luethgens.E-Vaganian.R, German Bundesliga 1998
  41. Lykov.V-Smikovski.I, Omsk 1996
  42. Manukian.A-Vidit.S, Internet (rapid) 2018
  43. Martinez.M-Bhat.V, US Online League 2013
  44. Matinian.N-Volkov.S, Khanty-Mansiysk 2016
  45. Milton.C-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2008
  46. Misailovic.N-Mihic.B, Serbia Team Championship 2010
  47. Movsesian.S-Gurevich.M, New York Open 1998