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Steinitz 4 e5, 4 Bg5, McCutcheon, Alekhine Chatard Attack & Hecht-Reefschlaeger [C10-14]

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French Repertoire from GM Ivan Cheparinov This repertoire is available at Modern-chess.com. It looks to be a very good product. Ivan Cheparinov has done good work in the past and this appears to be thorough. His selection of lines captur... Started 09/13/23 at 12:20:57 by FreeRepublic	11	578	Yesterday at 23:16:35 By: Nernstian59
C11: Steinitz options Hi After 1.e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 I was wondering what are the differences between the options cd4, a6 Qb6 and Be7. In most books I found the first t... Started 09/27/09 at 12:03:49 by jitb « Pages 1 2 all »	18	13549	05/24/23 at 13:58:09 By: ArKheiN
ChessPublishing eBook, Sep 2021 There is a new Ebook available on the Classical French and Rubenstein variations. The authors are the ChessPublishing team, primarily Neil McDonald, John Watson, and Kevin Goh Wei Ming. It is availabl... Started 09/16/21 at 16:38:07 by FreeRepublic	0	526	09/16/21 at 16:38:07 By: FreeRepublic
Burn Variation I was thinking of taking up the French again after many years, and am trying to decide what to play against 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5. I always disliked the McCutcheon, and am not really keen to give up the da... Started 05/29/20 at 10:53:09 by Monocle	2	1734	06/01/20 at 12:57:22 By: tapchess
Mastering the French by Lenderman and Tillis Hi French section, I am taking up the French defense and I am considering buying "Mastering the French" by Lenderman and Tillis on chessable. Mostly because I like the format and the videos are u... Started 05/23/20 at 18:10:58 by HAJS	7	3465	05/24/20 at 19:56:13 By: Stigma
McCutcheon I am thinking about playing the McCutcheon but it does not seem to be popular at elite level: can someone advise what the critical lines are now please? Krudos Started 01/29/19 at 21:56:30 by Krudos	11	6108	04/10/20 at 18:25:04 By: LeeRoth
"Beginner" Resources on the Steinitz 5.f4 Hey, I currently play the Advance against the French, using Collins' old book in conjunction with Sveshnikov's old work and some own analysis. I'm not too unhappy with the line, but I'd stil... Started 08/13/18 at 17:06:11 by IsaVulpes	3	3354	08/14/18 at 06:29:01 By: nestor
C10: French 3.h6 !? Hi all, I found recently a guy playing this line : 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 h6 !? the waiting move. while the move seems wasting tempo, but it's far from easy to take immediate a... Started 06/29/04 at 00:42:51 by Susanto (Guest)	9	7355	05/14/18 at 07:47:04 By: Michael Ayton
C11: How to bust Black Gambit in Steinitz Hey All, Does anyone have a bust to the following gambit? I know that 13...b5 is bad, but how do you combat 13...b6? I've encountered this in blitz a few times and it is difficult to play against... Started 05/19/17 at 18:20:40 by Reverse	5	4986	03/01/18 at 15:49:16 By: Bancrates
Death of the Hecht-Reefschlaeger?? GM Luther reckons that this approach with 10.cxd3 and playing for good Knight v bad Bishop is big trouble for Black. Would be interested in thoughts/suggestions etc. as he seems to be on to something ... Started 08/30/17 at 19:28:14 by ACReed	9	7295	09/01/17 at 19:35:03 By: Glenn Snow
C12: 6. Bc1 MacCutcheon The MacCutcheon is becoming ever more my mistress as I continue to explore its nuances. I believe that the following is a TN of some interest in a not altogether obscure line of the MacCutcheon, and ... Started 06/04/05 at 20:46:35 by HgMan	3	4825	02/18/17 at 11:26:03 By: ArKheiN
Status of Morozevich's 9...g5 What is the theoretical status of Morozevich's 9...g5 in the 7...a6 line of the Steinitz/Boleslavsky? Below I'm giving the score from a FICGS game of mine below (where I now have a forced checkmate) ... Started 12/31/16 at 12:17:32 by George Jempty	0	2565	12/31/16 at 12:17:32 By: George Jempty
French Defense Update August 2015 I noticed my game against Bart Michiels was discussed by IM John Watson: http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/2/aug15.htm#cla He mentions that black has played before 12...Rc8 followed by ...cx... Started 09/19/15 at 09:15:41 by brabo	2	3871	11/12/16 at 10:41:24 By: chessfreak
C14: What's the latest on Albin-Chatard attack? Hi everyone, I am considering studying the Albin-chatard attack of the french defense (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4) and I was wondering what is the latest opinion of this l... Started 01/15/11 at 23:35:55 by everalexfor « Pages 1 2 all »	15	18637	10/09/16 at 11:12:32 By: flaviddude
C08: A forgotten line against the Classical I have for sometime now been persevering with a line against the French Classical which Tim Harding described as obsolete some 35 years ago. The analysis has been mostly from blitz games on the net re... Started 07/13/14 at 12:48:16 by alnilam	5	8164	03/06/15 at 22:57:34 By: Pcal
C13: Alekhine-Chatard Gambit Hello friends i want to discuss Alekhine-Chatard Gambit...Its a gambit with h4..What are your recommendation on it ?? [Event "Survey"] [Site "Opening"] [Date "1993.??.??"... Started 08/13/13 at 05:50:18 by chandrashekharkoravi	14	16560	06/05/14 at 20:56:30 By: chandrashekharkoravi
C11: Steinitz: 7. Be3 Qb6 So, I am getting tired of playing against the steinitz for black and was looking for a way to complicate things. Is this variation playable? The line goes like this. e4 e6 d4 d5 nc3 nf6 e5 nfd7... Started 06/09/13 at 00:39:53 by chidori251	5	7847	06/02/14 at 20:32:11 By: brabo
C11: Steinitz French 5 f4 c5 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 Be3 Qb6 I played a tournament game this weekend in which the above line occurred, and I mixed up my preparation and played 8 Qd2?? Qxb2 9 Rb1 Qa3 10 Rb3(?) Qa5 11 Bb5 c4 12 Rb1 Bb4 13 Rxb4 Qxb4 -/+. That I t... Started 04/14/14 at 15:41:16 by OrangeCounty	6	6837	05/23/14 at 23:18:12 By: BladezII
C12-C14: Best variation for black after 4.Bg5? 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5... what answer for black is scoring better? A) 4... de4... 5. ..Be7-- or B) 4...de4 5... Nbd7 C) MacCutcheon d) 4...Be7Or should we try our luck in E) the Winawer. I... Started 01/05/13 at 16:23:43 by Pingudon « Pages 1 2 all »	18	26017	02/20/14 at 04:30:23 By: BladezII
C11 is all the rage but 4.Bg5 is a cold blanket Hi friends: I have seen a lot of games following the line 1. e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7 Be3 and so on, and I think Black has a lot of chances to play to win. But what ab... Started 08/20/13 at 21:55:09 by Pingudon	6	7950	08/22/13 at 09:34:22 By: ghenghisclown

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