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C18: Current status of Winawer with 7. ...00
Hello!
I am planning to broaden my repertoire with black and I have chosen the Winawer French with 7. ...00 (besides playing 1. ...e5). I believe it is necessary that you have two main weapons ag...

Started 04/14/13 at 23:55:29 by cynima
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By: MartinC
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C17: 5.Qg4 Winawer
After 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Qg4!? Ne7, what happens if white now plays 6.a3(?)
Granted, 6...Bxc3+ bxc3 is a main line Winawer, but this is a problem for those who intend to play the...

Started 03/05/11 at 02:07:29 by slughouse
2 3372 Last Post 03/05/11 at 15:05:57
By: Stigma
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C18: Help in a critical line
Hello. I always concidered this section of the foroum the most helpfull because there are many posters here that have a strong and objective opinion.
I have a question about one of the most serio...

Started 04/05/10 at 17:18:57 by Ametanoitos
3 2752 Last Post 04/05/10 at 19:21:29
By: MartinC
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C18: Winawer - Neils Suggestion for lively play
Taking directions again from Neils Winawer Roadmaps:
I tried the following. He mentions this line as providing some wild play. After my game you will find the game he referenced, but the third ga...

Started 01/18/05 at 18:33:17 by Flank Master
0 1572 Last Post 01/18/05 at 18:33:16
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C16: Strange line in the Winawer
In my last game (second game as white through the last 2,5 years!  Tongue ) I came across a very strange line in the winaver variation. As I said, I play white. The game went:
The symbols !, ?, !?, ?...

Started 10/30/04 at 14:27:12 by Tzanidakis_Michael
5 3658 Last Post 11/10/04 at 09:54:26
By: HgMan
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C18-C19: 6...Nc6!?
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3 6.bxc3 Nc6!? 
What do you think about the move 6...Nc6?
a) 7.Qg4 g6!? 8.Nf3 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qa4 with pressure to c2  and d4
b) 7.Nf3 Ne7 to transpo...

Started 04/06/04 at 08:08:49 by Tolotos
5 3817 Last Post 05/16/04 at 16:09:53
By: IMRichardPalliser
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C17: 5.Bd2 agaist the Winawer
I just watched GM perelshteyn's lecture on chess.fm regarding this line.  How accurate is this lecture?  I mean he makes it seem like the 5.Bd2 line is a automatic great game for white. I am no french...

Started 04/17/07 at 02:15:56 by megazord
5 3751 Last Post 04/18/07 at 20:38:09
By: dom
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July update- mistake
Hi,
  Shouldn't the last game in French July update be Saric-Huzman? I wonder how it was named Atabayev-Huzman. Grin

Started 07/18/14 at 06:32:06 by Vidit
2 5538 Last Post 07/18/14 at 23:23:18
By: GMTonyKosten
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C17: 5.Bd2 Winawer
What do people think about 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 (with a separate question mark!)? I have Dzinzi's lines from Chess Openings for White Explained, and after theoretical wars with my l...

Started 11/29/08 at 22:00:43 by Unownasofyet
11 13898 Last Post 03/04/14 at 22:24:02
By: Keano
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C18: Winawer 6...Qc7
Hi guys, i wanted to know if anybody here has any experience with the 6...Qc7 winawer (planning to play 7...f5 in reply to 7.Qg4). The variation is analised in detail in play the french 3 and is to be...

Started 09/17/08 at 12:51:48 by Chess_Addict
6 4143 Last Post 09/18/08 at 22:00:10
By: Stigma
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C01,C15-C19: Winawer: alternative to main lines?
Hi,
I am looking for a way to face the Winawer. Should I just spend countless hours studying the main line 
(1.e4 e6 2. d4 d5, 3.Nc3 Bb4, 4.e5 c5, 5. a3) or are there interesting alternative...

Started 07/06/07 at 23:52:58 by ehpotsirhc
13 7688 Last Post 07/19/07 at 03:29:00
By: Smyslov_Fan
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C18: Hertneck's line in Winawer - another try
French expert and great armenian player Lputian tried another move vs Anand, 12...Nf5 (12...Bd7 was played before) in first round of Petrosian Memorial June 2004.
Here is the game with my own com...

Started 06/13/04 at 10:20:01 by dom
13 6796 Last Post 04/20/06 at 18:58:01
By: Gueler
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C17: Winawer 5.Bd2 sideline
The Winawer-mainlines are quite fun to play as Black. However, one of the disadvantages of the Winawer, is that white has a considerable amount of "sidelines" available. I guess 5.Ne2 is one of the mo...

Started 05/05/04 at 05:20:23 by Klick
9 16142 Last Post 03/04/14 at 19:58:39
By: Keano
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C18: Winawer 7.Qg4 0-0
Did anybody see the Vallejo game where he had Karjakin busted in this line and self destructed and then said he felt like giving up professional chess? For the last few years I have been convinced the...

Started 02/02/13 at 20:47:27 by Keano
13 10645 Last Post 02/07/13 at 21:00:11
By: dom
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C08: Winawer/Classical with 5.Qg4
Guys, two lines I'm not sure about the level of discussion on here (I must confess I've not gone through all 21 pages of threads, however), are the move orders:
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 ...

Started 03/11/08 at 18:53:44 by CraigEvans
8 11825 Last Post 08/12/13 at 10:58:45
By: tony37
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C18: 7.Qg4 0-0 8.Bd3 main line Winawer Overview
Hello Forum members,
I noticed a large hole in my opening knowledge today - I know almost nothing about the 7...0-0 variation of the Main Line Winawer (4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bc3 6.bc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 0-0). I've...

Started 02/22/12 at 10:59:33 by TN
12 8834 Last Post 02/23/12 at 20:01:54
By: MartinC
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C18: Winawer
In an outing against a computer (which always surprises me...) I encountered an ugly move...yet could not decide the correct course.
1.e4 e6 d4 d5 Nc3 Bb4 e5 c5 a3 Bxc3+ bxc3 Ne7 Qg4 0-0!? 
...

Started 12/01/03 at 16:11:18 by nexirae
8 5998 Last Post 01/13/04 at 18:15:04
By: Mike Thomas
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C18: Odd Winawer
Hi,
I am wondering what is wrong with 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5???  I know 6.b4 is good next move....
Thanks,
Zatara

Started 03/11/13 at 19:27:09 by Zatara
3 3653 Last Post 03/12/13 at 09:51:26
By: brabo
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C17: French Winawer, 5.Qg4
Can anyone let me know what the current state of play is with the line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Qg4!?
In the 4NCL last weekend, I prepared this for my opponent (admittedly over several...

Started 06/01/06 at 13:54:05 by CraigEvans
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15 9938 Last Post 06/05/07 at 18:45:24
By: dom
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C18: Winawer: New ideas in "Kasparov Gambit" var?
I was watching Williams' nice French DVD and i came across the variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3 6.bxc3 Ne7 h4!? which Williams says that it is underestimated and he likes it for W...

Started 09/16/10 at 17:39:36 by Ametanoitos
11 10006 Last Post 09/28/10 at 02:21:20
By: Gueler
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