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Re: Flexible French
Reply #35 - 07/24/08 at 07:24:12
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Flexible French is the best book I have read. Moskalenko is a great author. The Fabulous Budapest Gambit is another good book.
  
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Re: Flexible French
Reply #34 - 07/18/08 at 09:01:49
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There's a thumbs up review at

http://www.chessvibes.com/reviews/review-the-flexible-french/

if anyone hasn't seen it yet.
  
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Re: Flexible French
Reply #33 - 07/04/08 at 07:26:43
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Mortal Games wrote on 07/02/08 at 11:20:31:
I received the book today and the first impreesions are excellent. The book is equal and the same format as The Fabulous Budapest Gambit from Moskalenko that had five stars from Chesscafe. Every chapter have strategy with typical ideas and plans for White and for Black, typical endings, heros and very well commented games explaining the theory and beautiful paintings! (ex: The liberty by Delacroix from Louvre is one of many in the book). A new format of making a chess book and for me one of the best I´ve seen this year and for a long time. I like honest authors and Moskalenko is one of them. 
Highly recommended! 
For people who judge books without seeing the contents,  please don´t buy it! This is a book only for french lovers  Smiley  (other five stars book in a diferent way is the one from Eingorn for Chess Explained).   


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Thanks for the review. That looks like a whole new type of opening book and a very interesting one at that.
  
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Re: Flexible French
Reply #32 - 07/04/08 at 06:30:24
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Sorry for missunderstanding. I did not want someone to publish entire content of that chapter of the book or too much detailed analysis. I was only curious if the move 15...Nb6!? is mentioned in the book. Anyway I am going to buy the book, because I played French for almost 10 years and I am still interested in it.

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Reply #31 - 07/03/08 at 21:51:18
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No problem to reply to this question and it is very easy just because in the book 7...Qb6 is an almost forgotten idea  Grin
  
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Re: Flexible French
Reply #30 - 07/03/08 at 13:18:26
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MilenPetrov wrote on 07/03/08 at 08:54:29:
Hello, it would be interesting for me what Moskalenko says about the line in the following topic:
http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1214391315

Thanks in advance


I don't wish to offend, but I think that we should not ask those who have paid for a theory book still in print (still less newly in print, as here) to post its recommendations in very much detail in a public forum.  So I hope that whoever responds to this will be circumspect.
  
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Re: Flexible French
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Hello, it would be interesting for me what Moskalenko says about the line in the following topic:
http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1214391315

Thanks in advance
  
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Re: Flexible French
Reply #28 - 07/02/08 at 12:11:37
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Thank you Mortal_Games for letting us know what each section covers. Another one to add to my buy list.
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Re: Flexible French
Reply #27 - 07/02/08 at 11:20:31
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I received the book today and the first impreesions are excellent. The book is equal and the same format as The Fabulous Budapest Gambit from Moskalenko that had five stars from Chesscafe. Every chapter have strategy with typical ideas and plans for White and for Black, typical endings, heros and very well commented games explaining the theory and beautiful paintings! (ex: The liberty by Delacroix from Louvre is one of many in the book). A new format of making a chess book and for me one of the best I´ve seen this year and for a long time. I like honest authors and Moskalenko is one of them. 
Highly recommended! 
For people who judge books without seeing the contents,  please don´t buy it! This is a book only for french lovers  Smiley  (other five stars book in a diferent way is the one from Eingorn for Chess Explained).   

Here is the contents with the variations:

007 Foreword 

009 Part One - The Black Queen's Musketeers 

Advance Variation - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 

011 Chapter 1 - Looking for Satisfaction 
a) 3...c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 or b) deviations with 5...Nh6

027 Chapter 2 - Labyrinths of the Old System 
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4!?

059 Part Two - Weapons and Dogmas 

Tarrasch Variation - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 

061 Chapter 3 - Beyond Tarrasch 
a) 3...Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.0-0
b) 9.Nf4
c) Ngf3 g6!?
d) 6...b6
e) 5.f4

110 Chapter 4 - Exotic Deviations 
a) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7!?
b) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5!?

149 Part Three - French Magic 

Classical System - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 

150 Chapter 5 - Morozevich's Resources 
4.e5 Nfd7 
a) Nce2 
b) 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Dd2 b5
c) 7...cxd4 and 7...Qb6

164 Chapter 6 - A Legendary Pin 
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4

Main lines with 6.Bd2, 8.Qg4
a) Kf8
b) 8...g6


192 Chapter 7 - Russian Roulette 
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bxc5 8.Bd3 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Qe2!? 0-0 11.0-0-0! 

a) 11...Bd7
b) 11...Qa5 and 11.Nh5?
c) 11...a6
d) 11...Nb4, 11...Bd6, 11...Qe7 


211 Part Four - Behind the Barricades 

Winawer Variation - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 

213 Chapter 8 - My System in the Winawer 
4.e5 b6 5.Qg4 Bf8!? 

221 Chapter 9 - Black Queen Blues: Winawer Variation 
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4

245 Part Five - Seven Samurai Swords 

246 Chapter 10 - Kortchnoi's Wedge 
1.e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4

249 Chapter 11 - King's Indian Attack 
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2

253 Chapter 12 - The Kung Fu Fight 
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5

256 Chapter 13 - Weathering the Storm 
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 0-0

260 Chapter 14 - The Anti-Winawer 
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2

263 Chapter 15 - The Semi-Winawer 
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2

266 Chapter 16 - The Old Winawer 
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7

270 New In Chess Code System 

271 Index of Variations 

277 Index of Players 


279 A Brief Biography of the Author/Bibliography 
  
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Re: Flexible French
Reply #26 - 06/30/08 at 09:05:30
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I think Chevalier's inference is correct and "Black Queen Blues" refers to the old Bronstein favorite, 6...Qa5 in the Winawer.
  
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Re: Flexible French
Reply #25 - 06/29/08 at 14:53:42
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Perhaps instead of just the table of contents, we should also ask for an index of variations? I have no idea what the author is referring to by any of the chapter titles, i.e.  semi, anti or old winawer. 

  
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Re: Flexible French
Reply #24 - 06/29/08 at 11:08:47
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Smyslov_Fan wrote on 06/29/08 at 04:17:06:
This is purely a matter of taste, but when it comes to tastes in opening books, I'm something of a purist.  The table of contents puts me off the book a bit.  I feel like I'm not Moskelenko's primary audience.

Those of you who do buy it, I'd love to see what you think of the content of the book!


A purist. Regarding contents pages. Of chess books. 
Genius. Huh Grin


Look forward to the book....
  
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Re: Flexible French
Reply #23 - 06/29/08 at 05:01:58
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Paddy wrote on 06/06/08 at 12:10:04:
Chevalier wrote on 05/13/08 at 23:31:38:
Hello,

The book "Flexible French", authored by Viktor Moskalenko, is going to be published in June 2008 according to New In Chess. The subtitle states that the book has "10 surprise weapons for Dynamic Chess Players" - therefore it will probably be similar to Dangerous Weapons: The French.


We now know one line for certain: A letter from Moskalenko to the latest NIC Yearbook (87) indicates that "the Flexible French will contain a thorough study of the MacCutcheon system."

To judge by Moskalenko's recent contributions to Chessbase Magazine, the Winawer with 6...Qa5 is probably another.

Perhaps the book will reflect Moskalenko's own practice; he seems to play the French as if he believes that "OK, the French is a bit inferior, but I like it, and if I can play a variety of different systems within the French, I will not offer a stationary target and I'll be OK most of the time."


The Mccutcheon leads to difficult positions where club players will find things anything but easy from both sides of the board. In my opinion this would be a useful addition to any French specialists repertoire.
  
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Re: Flexible French
Reply #22 - 06/29/08 at 04:17:06
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This is purely a matter of taste, but when it comes to tastes in opening books, I'm something of a purist.  The table of contents puts me off the book a bit.  I feel like I'm not Moskelenko's primary audience.

Those of you who do buy it, I'd love to see what you think of the content of the book!
  
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Re: Flexible French
Reply #21 - 06/28/08 at 15:30:07
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I do not know that yet, but I noticed that the book is now 280 pag!  Smiley
  
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