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Rubinstein with ...dxe4, including Fort Knox [C10], and also Burn [C11]

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Rubinstein at the elite level? Almost no 2700+ players play the Rubinstein French - it seems that Georg Meier is the highest rated player who uses it for more than a surprise weapon. Why is this? Is the opening in theoretical troub... Started 06/15/19 at 15:54:06 by stockhausen	9	1534	06/27/19 at 17:06:54 By: MW
C11: The Burn with Bxf6 I have recently been exploring some lines of the classical french and upon my home analysis i found a move in the burn which can leave black uncomfortable if he plays BxF6 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5... Started 01/18/05 at 12:46:27 by Ormechea (Ex Member) « Pages 1 2 all »	26	16836	08/31/13 at 22:22:31 By: tony37
C10: Why not 4...h6 in the Rubinstein I've noticed that 3...h6 gets some attention vs. the Tarrasch and even against 3. Nc3. What about on Black's 4th move in the Rubinstein? The point being that White won't be able to play Bg5 and ther... Started 03/04/13 at 06:10:23 by George Jempty	2	3138	03/04/13 at 06:38:01 By: George Jempty
C10: Why an early Qe2 from White in the Fort Knox? Today's Daily Telegraph chess column included the following game:- [Event "Iceland"] [Date "2013"] [White "Jones"] [Black "Isaksson"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2... Started 02/23/13 at 17:53:53 by JonathanB	9	7376	02/26/13 at 15:48:45 By: RdC
C10: Eingorn Variation of the French A couple of years ago NIC published as SOS article on the highly interesting variation 1. e4 e6 ; 2. d4 d5 ; 3. Ktc3 h6. Black's idea is basically to tell White he's in zugzwang! Afew sample... Started 03/17/06 at 16:08:06 by Uberdeker(Guest) (Guest) « Pages 1 2 3 4 all »	49	29831	02/22/13 at 09:34:49 By: MartinC
C11: Rubinstein Variation/s Folks, Are there any books or other resources that you can recommend with regards to the Rubinstein Variation/s? I'd like to kc3 and or kd2 with dxe. I've read through the Fort Knox info in ... Started 07/26/11 at 14:29:12 by Krames	13	10307	07/28/11 at 13:33:44 By: Smyslov_Fan
C10: New Gambit for Black A long time ago I used to play a gambit for Black in the French. It goes 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nc6 5.Nf3 e5?! What does anyone think of this line, I haven't seen it in any book. The... Started 02/19/11 at 18:04:04 by Erik	4	3893	02/22/11 at 01:18:44 By: Erik
C10: Hecht-Reefschläger Love 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e5 f6! Hello all. I am traditionally a Sicilian Dragon/Najdorf guy that loved the "Swearing in Church" chapter from DW French Defence, and have taken up the line with good results. 1.e4 e6 2.d4... Started 01/11/11 at 07:37:15 by Merovingian	1	3377	01/11/11 at 08:19:52 By: Merovingian
C10: Meier on the Rubinstein Var in NIC-yearbook Georg Meier apparently has written an article on the Rubinstein Variation with 7.c3 in the latest NIC-yearbook. Is it any good? 7. c3 seems critical with Meier choosing to defend a rather bleak positi... Started 12/19/10 at 09:24:41 by Schaakhamster	1	3241	12/27/10 at 23:58:35 By: Hannes Langrock
C10: 3. Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 - is this really = ? I got into this variation in a game this weekend. It turned out I found Khalifman's recommendation over the board for a couple of moves. After the game my opponent showed me the main line, which is th... Started 11/01/10 at 14:39:44 by Gorath	7	5540	11/10/10 at 18:23:22 By: Gorath
C11: morozevic Hi all, Besides Morozevic games where is info on the lines he plays. I think Watson has some stuff in his Play the French 3. SO I am more looking for 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4... Started 07/04/10 at 04:19:18 by Zatara	5	5419	10/01/10 at 11:59:17 By: Schaakhamster
C03,C10-C11: Breaking in to Fort Knox In his book 'how to play against 1.e4' McDonald says Neg5 attacking f7 is what scares Ft. Knox players the most. And gives this reason, "... black not only delays his kingside development for two move... Started 08/04/10 at 06:16:52 by dmp4373 « Pages 1 2 all »	17	18387	08/09/10 at 08:30:06 By: ReneDescartes
C03,C10: French Fort Knox (5.d5) Hi all, I recently came across a player who played 5.d5 against my Fort Knox system. I am a 2000 rated player, yet I faced certain difficulties against this move. The starting opening moves ... Started 06/14/10 at 19:09:09 by Tan Kien Wei « Pages 1 2 all »	22	22055	06/20/10 at 21:42:22 By: ReneDescartes
C03,C10-C11: Guide for playing rubinstein french Hello, I am planning to incorporate the french into my repertoire, I plan to play the rubinstein french, but I don't see any guide on it, there are no books, also chesspublishing does not seem to... Started 01/03/10 at 17:21:19 by battleangel (Ex Member)	8	7360	02/12/10 at 16:51:17 By: emary
C03,C10-C11: Delaying Nd7 in Rubinstein variation I just read Krnic's paper on ChessCafe website "The Ten best Games from Informant 105" http://www.chesscafe.com/text/informant91.pdf (Archives, November 2009) and look at French opening game B... Started 12/14/09 at 22:25:48 by dom	0	1813	12/14/09 at 22:25:47 By: dom
C03,C10-C11: Rubinstein French Hello guys, in this opening 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 there are 3 lines for white 6.Nxf6+/Bg5/Bd3. What do white players like to play or bl. players hate? ... Started 05/13/09 at 13:48:50 by Ethernal	3	3144	05/13/09 at 17:54:32 By: Markovich
C03,C10: model game 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. Nc3/Nd2 de Which line is better, 4. ...Bd7 or 4 ... Nd7? Can somebody give some basic idea in these two lines? As far as i know, 4. ... Bd7 plan to get the BAD Bishop out and normally will exchange on ... Started 05/10/08 at 15:32:29 by torreattack	3	2537	05/15/08 at 09:40:49 By: MarinFan
C11: Classical French, ...gxf6 Hi guys! Today I played as black 3.nc3 dxe4 4.nxe4 nf6 5.bg5 be7 6.bxf6 gxf6 7.nf3 a6 8.bd3 f5 9.ng3 c5 10.dxc5 qa5+ 11.c3 qxc4 Now my opponent played the (to me at least) unknown 12.0-0, w... Started 02/23/08 at 20:34:33 by Chess_Addict	2	1818	02/24/08 at 20:56:59 By: dom
C03,C10: Wishing to learn the Burn gxf6 variation I really want to learn the Burn ...gxf6 varition. It's so dynamic! Unfortunately this comes at a price in that if Black doesn't play with accuracy it can easily backfire So can anyone recommend me... Started 01/07/08 at 03:28:27 by SniperOnG7	5	3631	01/19/08 at 01:18:57 By: Darthmambo
C03,C10: Whats best against rubinstein variation ? Hi ! What do you think is best against the rubinstein variation (3...exd4 4.Nxe4 Nd7) ? Any opinions ? Started 09/19/07 at 11:43:15 by Strategy_Rules « Pages 1 2 all »	17	8582	10/04/07 at 16:20:33 By: Lou_Cyber

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