Dear chessfriends,
my name is Francisco Vallejo and I am a chess grandmaster. In this ebook I will provide a French Defence repetoire for Black. Black starts the French Defence with the following moves:
We will investigate how Black can respond after
2. ♘f3
2. b3
2. d3 and
2. ♕e2 .
The most important move is, of course,
2. d4 .We reply with
2... d5
First, we take a look at the exchange variantion.
At this point I recommend a variation that allows Black to play for a win.
Secondly, we cover the move
3. ♘d2 . I advise you to immediately fight for the centre by playing
3... c5 .
Thirdly, we instigate the advance variation
3. e5
which is often played by old people, hoping to surprise Black.
Last but not least, the move
3. ♘c3
is investigated. This is the most important and most aggressive approach.
I wish you a lot of fun and hope that you can learn a lot from the explanations.
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