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Advance Variation playable eBook
I've just added a new-style, completely up-to-date CBV Advance Variation eBook for French Defence subscribers to download. Smiley
Here is the link: http://www.chesspublishing.com/p/2/cbebooks.htm

Started 12/17/14 at 14:28:36 by GMTonyKosten
7 4334 Last Post 11/20/24 at 23:40:56
By: FreeRepublic
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C02: Advanced French Set-Up
Hi Folks  Smiley 
Need a bit of advice on the following game, I thought I had a slight advantage after White is forced into the line with Bc3 - which surely can't be good for White  Grin
My oppone...

Started 02/22/03 at 08:58:36 by sonoftill
4 3225 Last Post 05/16/04 at 21:43:34
By: Klick
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C02: McDonald's improvement on Short-Lputian, 1999
Short-Lputian, Bantumi 1999
1. e4 e6, 2. d4 d5, 3. e5 c5, 4. c3 Nc6, 5. Nf3 Qb6, 6. a3 Nh6, 7. b4 cxd4, 8. cxd4 Nf5, 9. Bb2 Bd7, 10. g4 Nh6, 11. Rg1 f6, 12. exf6 gxf6, 13. Nc3 Nf7, 14. Na4 Qc7...

Started 09/03/08 at 18:20:53 by JonathanB
4 3144 Last Post 09/13/08 at 19:53:17
By: JonathanB
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C02: Game Analysis of 5.Be3 (with a N+B ending)
This is an analysis of a 90 60 game.
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3
Slightly uncommon and outside of my book knowledge but when in doubt I follow the normal plan of Akobian by playin...

Started 05/14/13 at 11:39:52 by Plyo
0 3245 Last Post 05/14/13 at 11:39:51
By: Plyo
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C02: Nimzo Attack
Does anyone have any good place to find lots of info on the Nimzowitsch Attack (e4 e6 d4 d5 e5 c5 Qg4)?  The e-book on this site does not offer much coverage in this line.  I saw a game in it and was ...

Started 02/26/04 at 16:06:45 by nexirae
2 2332 Last Post 02/29/04 at 22:04:29
By: bckm
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ChessPublishing eBook, Sep 2021
There is a new Ebook available on the Advance variation. It is available in PDF and CBV formats. Also out this month is their volume on the Classical and Rubenstein variations.
It's available for...

Started 09/16/21 at 16:44:04 by FreeRepublic
0 903 Last Post 09/16/21 at 16:44:04
By: FreeRepublic
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C02: 3...b6
In his book How to play against e4, Neil Mcdonald suggest 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d6 3. e5 b6, and then after ...Ba6 exchange of bishops.
What are your opinions of this line?
Is this line something you...

Started 01/09/17 at 20:26:32 by msiipola
3 4252 Last Post 01/13/17 at 17:14:31
By: ReneDescartes
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C02:French advance 6. a3 ... can't find line 11.b3
I have been toying with a line that I am trying to learn and I can't get past a line that I can't find in NCO MCO or French Defense II from Minev.
This line goes 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 ...

Started 06/17/06 at 03:23:41 by avoss
2 2521 Last Post 06/17/06 at 18:45:30
By: avoss
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C02:Can White Improve position in Short - Lputian?
Hi, I'm wondering if White can improve in Short - Lputian, 1999. e.g. 1.e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cd 8.cd Nf5 9.Bb2 Bd7 10.g4 Nh6 11.Rg1 f6 12.ef gf 13.Nc3 Nf7 14.Na4 Qc7...

Started 04/21/06 at 02:34:41 by French2006
2 2135 Last Post 04/22/06 at 19:27:58
By: good knight(Guest) (Guest)
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C02: French Advance - Kupreichik Variation
What do people think of the Kupreichik Variation in the Advance French after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3!?  It certainly seems to offer interesting play, and I've scored well with it.

Started 04/27/07 at 05:18:48 by thegoldenband
5 7398 Last Post 04/30/07 at 19:30:16
By: kylemeister
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C02: Advance  4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nh6
I'm trying to get additional information on this line.  Ziegler recommends it on the Chessbase DVD but I can't get find any additional information on various lines which follow including 7. Bxh6 gh.  ...

Started 03/09/09 at 20:19:00 by d107111
2 2191 Last Post 03/09/09 at 21:55:38
By: d107111
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C02: Advance with 6.a3 f6!?
About January 2010 update
f6 is a Sveshnikov's idea but in the sequence 6...Bd7 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6!?
and was also dealed in chesspub update June 2006: 
5.a3 (instead of 5.Nf3) f6!? Jug...

Started 01/23/10 at 16:58:20 by dom
0 1685 Last Post 01/23/10 at 16:58:19
By: dom
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C02: kupeichik variation
is the kupreichick  variation  ( 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5. Be3!?) a good weapon vs the french? It looks like  it's not very popular i 'd like to know why.

Started 08/24/04 at 02:04:57 by piefr (Guest)
3 2822 Last Post 11/28/04 at 16:52:02
By: HgMan
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C02: The Rauser Gambit ?
Hello everybody, first post here. Smiley
I've a question about this line in the French that I would like to play as white :
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Bd3
Does anybody know the na...

Started 07/20/07 at 13:46:05 by Carebear
9 5561 Last Post 07/22/07 at 19:15:08
By: belaji
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C02: New take on the Milner Barry
The traditional Milner-Barry Gambit reached by
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 c5 4 c3 Nc6 5 Nf3 Qb6 6 Bd3 is relatively rare as the pawn offer can be accepted with 6 ... cxd4 7 cxd4 Bd7 8 0-0 Nxd4
Gri...

Started 09/05/11 at 11:12:41 by RdC
8 11597 Last Post 09/14/11 at 18:39:34
By: Smyslov_Fan
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C02: Advance: after 5...Nh6 6.a3 - is Qb6 must?
I play 5...Nh6 variation against advance to avoid tons of mainline theory. 
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6
However, the books says that after 6. a3 black should play ...Qb6 trans...

Started 10/25/09 at 14:53:44 by saubhikr
3 2968 Last Post 10/26/09 at 02:05:42
By: MNb
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C02: Advance with 4 ...Nd7
Bernard Cafferty in his 1979 Undecided Chess Openings for You suggests 4 ...Nd7 as "a very sound alternative to 4 ...Nc6" in the Advance, and cites the first 10 moves in the game Platz-Pilnik, Budapest 1952...

Started 12/21/04 at 11:09:42 by mad_knight
4 2632 Last Post 12/23/04 at 04:50:02
By: mad_knight
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French with e4-f4
Hello:
See a lot of 1.e4 and 2.f4 online. Wondering how to play against this. Sometimes White doesn't play d4 and I am not sure what to do.
If he plays c3 and d4 then I assume it is like a F...

Started 04/11/15 at 07:01:23 by Gerry1970
10 8960 Last Post 04/27/15 at 19:37:09
By: Aziridine
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C02: Question re. Watson's advance French line
Does anyone know of a good line for white against Watson's suggestion of the following line in the advance French:
1.e4 e6  2.d4 d5  3.e5 c5  4.c3 Nc6  5.Nf3 Bd7  6.Be2 f6  7.0-0 cd  8.cd fe  9.N...

Started 04/30/03 at 16:43:49 by newbie (Guest)
8 6870 Last Post 11/28/04 at 14:56:18
By: HgMan
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C02: French Advance Uhlmann's: ...c4 and ...f6
Stigma wrote on 11/18/10 at 22:07:07:
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When I taught the French I just followed Uhlmann's anti-Advance repertoire; great on lower levels and if someone approaches master level they can simply add 5...Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 or 6.a3 c4...


Started 11/19/10 at 02:37:42 by Paddy
2 5900 Last Post 11/19/10 at 04:45:41
By: Paddy
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