This line saw some action in the Sigeman-tournament at the beginning of this month(May). The tournament- winner Curt Hansen managed to win in this line against the comet Magnus Carlsen. It is a nice game, here it is:

[Event "Sigeman Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmø/København"]
[Date "2004.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.04.30"]
[SourceDate "2004.04.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bc3 a5 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. Bb5
f6 15. g4 Nh6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rg6 19. Bd4 Bc5 20. Bxd7
Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxg4+ 22. Qxg4 Nxg4 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Rad1 Nxe5 25. Bxd5 Rf8
26. Ne6 Rf6 27. Rc1 Nc6 28. b3 Ne7 29. Nc7 h6 30. Be4 Rf8 31. Nb5 Qe6 32.
Rc4 Ng6 33. Nc7 Qg4+ 34. Kh1 Qe2 35. Bg2 Rxf2 36. Rg1 Rxg2 37. Rxg2 Qf1+
38. Rg1 Qf3+ 39. Rg2 Nf4 40. Rxf4 Qxf4 41. Rxg7 Qc1+
0-1

Maybe white`s 14th is a mistake?

Although not a true french player, I play the Paulsen and am occasionally forced into it after 1 e4 c5 2 f4 d5 3 e5.  I have not had bad results, but I am recommended lines where uncastled I play ...Nh6, allowing Bxh6 and leaving me with doubled h-pawns. compensated for by my semi-open g-file.   
Clearly this is reasonable for Black if White has castled short, but the central pawns are not conducive to a big Black play against g2 (say).   
I have not been brave enough yet.  Any comments, successes, disasters? ???

Hi Folks   

Need a bit of advice on the following game, I thought I had a slight advantage after White is forced into the line with Bc3 - which surely can't be good for White  

My opponent played really well, but I trying think ascertain if I went for the right plan. Looking back at the game, maybe f5 was not the best move?

Any thoughts? What should Black be aiming for in this type of setup in the Advanced?

Any advice/tips from Neil would be most welcome  

[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS, Fremont, California USA"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Time "02:02:44"]
[Round "-"]
[White "harbor"]
[Black "SonOfTill"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[TimeControl "3600+15"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Nf5 8. Nc2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bc3 Be7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1
h6 15. Rfd1 Nh4 16. b3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Rc7 18. Bb2 Rfc8 19. Be2 Be8 20. f4
f5 21. Ne1 Kh8 22. Qe3 g5 23. g3 Bf7 24. Kh1 Rg8 25. Nd3 Bg6 26. Nc5 gxf4
27. gxf4 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 a6 29. Rg1 Rcg7 30. Rcc1 Qc7 31. a4 Qe7 32. Rg3 Bf7
33. Rh3 Rg6 34. Bxa6 bxa6 35. Rxc6 Qb4 36. Rc1 Kh7 37. Rg3 Rxg3 38. hxg3
Bh5 39. Rc6 Rb8 40. Rc7+ Kh8 41. Rc3 Kg8 42. Qd3 a5 43. Kh2 Bg4 44. Qa6
Qb6 45. Qxb6 Rxb6 46. Bc1 Rb4 47. Bd2 Rxd4 48. Rc8+ Kf7 49. Bxa5 Bd1 50. Rc7+
Ke8 51. Rc6 Kf7 52. Rc3 Rd2+ 53. Kg1 Rb2 54. Rc7+ Ke8 55. Rc6 Kf7 56. Bc3
Rxb3 57. a5 Be2
{Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2