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Re: 3...c5 4. exd5 exd5! French Tarrasch book?
Reply #4 - 07/15/10 at 05:29:02
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I started studying 3...Be7 and 3...c5 4. exd5 Qxd5, and they are both more unclear than 3...c5 4. exd5 exd5 most certainly. Many sources believe that the 3...c5 4. exd5 exd5 seems to be drawish I suppose, but I've scored 3 out of 4 with it so far, and I'm 2254 ELO.
  

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Re: 3...c5 4. exd5 exd5! French Tarrasch book?
Reply #3 - 07/13/10 at 09:48:23
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I own both Marovic and Parma and Uhlmann (well, his later version in German, A Lifelong French); both are good. Psakhis also has good coverage, probably the most complete and systematic around.  

4...exd5 is very respected theoretically, but playing with an IQP as Black is simply not to the taste of many players. White's queen's bishop will be free (in contrast to Black's in the QGA); there are early pins, pieces can get exchanged--one doesn't exactly get monstrous attacking positions automatically. The White Tarrasch player is often a positional or technical player, and trying to manage an IQP, with an endgame advantage in prospect, might be to his taste. One the other hand, after Black recaptures with the queen this conservative player can find himself in a Sicilian-like situation that may be exactly what the Doktor did not order.
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Re: 3...c5 4. exd5 exd5! French Tarrasch book?
Reply #2 - 07/13/10 at 00:40:49
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Gilchrist is a legend wrote on 07/12/10 at 20:54:32:
Why do so few French books have the variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 instead of 4....Qxd5?

It's considered more drawish, something that doesn't have to put you off.
  

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Re: 3...c5 4. exd5 exd5! French Tarrasch book?
Reply #1 - 07/12/10 at 21:45:52
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Uhlmann's "Winning with the French". It's also recommended in Marovic and Parma's "An Opening Repertoire for Black", but that's only a small part of the book (14 pages). Both books are out of print, I fear.
  
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C08,C09: 3..c5 4.exd5 exd5! French Tarrasch book?
07/12/10 at 20:54:32
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Why do so few French books have the variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 instead of 4....Qxd5? 4...exd5 seems to be a complete equaliser whilst 4...Qxd5 leads to an inevitable += with sharp complications where theory changes rapidly. The line 5. Ngf3 can be replied with 5...Nf6! instead of 5...Nc6 which is += after 6. Bb5. 5. Qe2 Be7 6. dxc5 Nf6 will eventually lead to an equal position with an isolated queen's pawn position for Black. I do not understand why books do not recommend the 4...exd5 line of the 3...c5 Tarrasch for Black. If there are any books that recommend this line, please let me know.
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