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C02: Giving tempo in Euwe variation
I reached end of my reading of Sveshnikov's book about the Advance.
An interesting (new?) move is following one in Euwe variation:
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 (Euwe variation ...

Started 06/15/08 at 18:48:17 by dom
11 5377 Last Post 04/20/25 at 19:41:00
By: Nernstian59
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C02:French Adv.,modern variation,6...c4 vs 6...Nh6
In the modern varation of the French advance
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 d5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3
it seems the top players have moved away from 6...c4 in favour of 6...Nh6.
If I rememb...

Started 07/01/04 at 04:21:44 by Lobachevsky
13 10468 Last Post 04/18/25 at 18:53:24
By: FreeRepublic
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C02: Advance with 4.Nf3 cxd4
Hi,
I'm new in this forum and I already enjoy reading the messages.  Cheesy
I have one question about the French Advance (C02/04) with the moves 4.Nf3 cxd4 ; 5.Bd3 Nc6 ; 6.0-0
Do you know t...

Started 02/16/03 at 10:19:20 by mars
10 7009 Last Post 03/16/03 at 15:36:34
By: mars
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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 4415 Last Post 01/13/17 at 17:14:31
By: ReneDescartes
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C02: Another Advance Question
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Qb6 5.Nc3 
I've been having problems with this line as black.
5...Nc6
On 6.Na4 I've been playing Qa5+. Is this correct? 
Then they either play c3 or j...

Started 03/23/04 at 00:42:58 by Crusader_Bishop
2 2254 Last Post 03/23/04 at 06:33:07
By: Losetowin
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C02: French Advance for White Suggestion
I have always played 6.a3 in the advance but just wing it after that.  I am finally willing to put some time in to learning the lines.  
Can anyone suggest what lines are best for white in the ad...

Started 04/26/10 at 14:07:37 by UnderRated
7 9381 Last Post 04/27/10 at 15:53:19
By: dom
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C02: Topalov win with Black French Adv
yesterday at dortmund round 8, nice Black's win by Topalov over Van Wely
[Event "French Adv f6"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]<b...

Started 07/17/05 at 03:21:31 by ChessLover (Guest)
7 4158 Last Post 07/22/05 at 10:22:47
By: Willempie
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C02: French advance books
Hi
I am looking for a good french advanced book. I checked the internet and saw that there are plenty of books to it.
I am an ambitious young player, rated 21++.  I am member of the french s...

Started 02/20/06 at 09:16:36 by chessy
5 3521 Last Post 02/23/06 at 18:07:54
By: Gueler
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C02: The French Advance (2nd edition), Sam Collins
Just published: The French Advance (2nd edition), Sam Collins
2nd edition? Has anybody seen the first edition?

Started 05/05/06 at 12:06:53 by guest(Guest) (Guest)
14 11146 Last Post 07/24/06 at 06:50:30
By: skellington_jaquie
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C02: Advance variation with the d4 pawn gambitted
What is the present evaluation of :
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 cxd4 6.O-O ?
In his book (French advance var.), Tony Kosten said something like : "i've had quite a lot of success...

Started 09/11/08 at 13:46:05 by Bubu13
2 2856 Last Post 10/05/08 at 13:40:22
By: dom
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C02: French Advance - Ninzowitsch's radical idea.
SmileyHi! After 1- e4;e6
            2- d4;d5
            3- e5;c5
            4 - Qg4; ..
how Black should react? Qa5 + or Nc6?
Many thanks indeed.
Sargent Bono

Started 02/10/09 at 00:29:48 by sargentbono
6 4343 Last Post 08/15/09 at 17:14:10
By: bckm
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Milner-Barry Gambit
I suppose we might see a few more Milner-Barry Gambits in the near future. Not only has Carlsen played it, but it also features as the recommendation against the French in new books on 1. e4 by both G...

Started 10/20/21 at 15:36:59 by RdC
6 3214 Last Post 11/06/21 at 16:16:02
By: kylemeister
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The Famous Advance Bind; or, Who’s Attacking Whom?
The title refers to the well-known line 3 e5 c5 4 c3 Nc6 5 Nf3 Nh6/Nge7 6 Bd3 cd 7 cd Nf5 8 Bf5 (I’m less worried about 8 Bc2!? Qb6 9 Bf5 ef 10 Nc3 Be6 11 0-0 h6 12 Na4, e.g. 12 … Qb5 13 Ne1 Be7 14 Be...

Started 09/20/20 at 08:14:46 by Michael Ayton
5 2780 Last Post 09/22/20 at 07:19:11
By: Michael Ayton
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C02: Milner-Barry Gambit Declined
In The Flexible French Moskalenko suggests that 5 ...Qb6 6 Bd3 Nh6!? 7 0-0 cd 8 cd Nf5 9 Bf5 ef 10 Nc3 Be6 is OK for Black (11 Ne2 h6!) even though Black has played ...Qb6 instead of ...Be7, given tha...

Started 12/17/10 at 11:16:56 by Michael Ayton
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17 23693 Last Post 02/11/11 at 08:51:25
By: OldGrizzly
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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 2976 Last Post 11/28/04 at 16:52:02
By: HgMan
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C02: Advance 6.a3 and 9.Be3
After 1. e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 
6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5 9.Be3
I was wondering what you all thought might be a promising line for black but also for white.  I play th...

Started 04/09/03 at 20:21:46 by Nolan Kordsmeier (Guest)
14 10769 Last Post 03/14/09 at 15:50:19
By: Paul Cumbers
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C02: A rare line for black in advanced variation
Hello !
I started to play the following variante with black and had some success:
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Bd7 5.Nf3 a6!? 6.Bd3/Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 [7.Nxd4 Nge7!] 7...Bb5 
What do the o...

Started 08/07/06 at 18:54:07 by Strategy_Rules
11 7388 Last Post 12/04/06 at 13:13:39
By: ChessTyro
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C02: opening repertoire 3 e5
Hi! 
since I promised two teams to play for them in our national league, I thought it would be a good idee to write your repertoire down on a paper for feedback. Is the important lines covered he...

Started 02/21/10 at 23:12:01 by highclass
1 2487 Last Post 02/21/10 at 23:40:27
By: MNb
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C02: French Gambit Line
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6 8.Bxh6 This is supposed to be a bad move but the gambit idea I have been playing since the 1980's has had a number of victims 8...Qx...

Started 09/17/03 at 07:08:22 by BigBen
3 3402 Last Post 01/03/04 at 15:57:15
By: Voprak
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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 3104 Last Post 10/26/09 at 02:05:42
By: MNb
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