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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: Nernstian59
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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 4082 Last Post 05/16/04 at 16:09:53
By: IMRichardPalliser
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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 4455 Last Post 09/18/08 at 22:00:10
By: Stigma
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Re: The Wonderful Winawer
[split] [splithere][splithere_end]

Started 11/07/10 at 04:16:49 by Smyslov_Fan
3 3758 Last Post 11/08/10 at 15:46:48
By: Seth_Xoma
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C19: Gellers's gambit revival
Sochi 2008 tournament has just finished...one French game at round 2:
[Event "2nd FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Al Modiahki,M"] 
[B...

Started 08/15/08 at 09:55:11 by dom
3 2783 Last Post 08/16/08 at 15:04:57
By: dom
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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 6267 Last Post 01/13/04 at 18:15:04
By: Mike Thomas
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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 16633 Last Post 03/04/14 at 19:58:39
By: Keano
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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 3979 Last Post 04/18/07 at 20:38:09
By: dom
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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 3895 Last Post 11/10/04 at 09:54:26
By: HgMan
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C18: French defence book owners - question for you
Hi again,
Are there some books with detailed coverage of this Winawer line:
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 B:c3 6.b:c3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Nf5  ?
I have only very old Keres (1958) book on...

Started 05/01/06 at 18:54:37 by Dzambus
4 3118 Last Post 05/06/06 at 13:12:09
By: dom
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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 3562 Last Post 03/05/11 at 15:05:57
By: Stigma
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C18: French Winawer with Black
Hello Guys!
Has anyone experience this setup with Black side of the French Winawer - it appears to be a decent off-beat system to play with. The moves are 
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5...

Started 01/31/06 at 08:34:01 by 8arms
12 6467 Last Post 03/06/06 at 09:00:29
By: iggystiv
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Black replies to C18 Armenian 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg7
Let me say up front that I'm not a particularly strong chess player. In my younger days I studied it, played tournaments for a while, and got my rating up to about 1600.
More recently my interest...

Started 01/25/15 at 01:02:30 by mwalimu
3 5672 Last Post 01/25/15 at 08:48:47
By: MartinC
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C18 : GM Williams's video of month French Winawer
Cross-forums link...  Smiley ....
http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/chess/YaBB.pl?num=1403867422
...about a nice video (and commented gamed) by GM Williams (good videos on youtube and his website ...

Started 08/18/14 at 07:12:38 by dom
3 7228 Last Post 10/01/14 at 08:00:09
By: dom
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C18: Dangerous weapon 12...Nbc6 13.oo Ne5!?
I have just finished one chapter of Dangerous Weapon The French. The dangerous weapon is a queen trap in following position (occuring with the "Larsen" line of the exchange with an early Qf3)
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Started 07/27/08 at 18:18:22 by dom
1 1861 Last Post 07/27/08 at 18:36:05
By: trandism
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C18: How to capture the pawn?
Ich had a question: Is it better in this French-Nimzowitsch-Line to capture the pawn c3 with the knight or with the queen? 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Q...

Started 12/19/08 at 13:05:49 by Kiffing
4 3138 Last Post 12/20/08 at 08:51:55
By: dom
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C19: French Winawer, 7.h4
Some years ago I played a game that entered the h4-variation via [1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.h4
As I played vs a youngster, I thought it might be a good id...

Started 08/26/11 at 10:32:45 by knightmare
5 6469 Last Post 09/12/11 at 11:00:54
By: knightmare
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C15-C19: Ending in the Winawer. Worse for Black?
I read in a thread that the endings resulting from the Winawer are worse for Black. Is that true?  Angry

Started 05/16/08 at 20:34:21 by Pingudon
3 2851 Last Post 05/19/08 at 07:31:54
By: Takeback_2
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C18: Is the Winawer poisoned pawn still payable?
Hi! I am playing againg after a long rest. My ELO is about 1900 over the board. I used to play the winawer with 0-0. But it seem everyone is going 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6. Is this move sounder or b...

Started 03/22/09 at 14:43:02 by Pingudon
14 8167 Last Post 03/26/09 at 15:54:23
By: MartinC
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C11: three pawn advantage
I've noted a variation in the winawer where white gets
a three pawn advantage. He will win one or two back,
but I find it striking that Watson does not even mention
the possibility in "...

Started 01/19/05 at 21:24:05 by Niels B Christensen (Guest)
1 1587 Last Post 01/19/05 at 21:49:39
By: Mike Thomas
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