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The French Defense Opening

The following Grand Master chess games represent the French Defense. Set up your chess board and go over the game move by move.

Training Game 1

- 043 [C09] French Defense
ChessBase, 2000
 [Neven,K]
 

 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.0-0 Nge7 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Bg5 0-0 11.Bh4 White's advantage is based on Black's isolated pawn, and White will be well-served by the exchange of dark-squared bishops, as well as other piece exchanges in general.  [11.Re1] 11...Bg4 [11...Qb6] 12.Be2 Bh5 13.Re1 Qb6 14.Nfd4 Bg6 15.c3 Rfe8 16.Bf1 Be4 17.Bg3 The exchange of dark-squared bishops is accomplished, and White has securily blockaded his opponent's d-pawn. Black's light-squared bishop can be dislodged later with a timely f2-f3. 17...Bxg3 18.hxg3 The resulting doubled pawns on White's kingside only serve to strengthen his influence on the dark squares. *

Training Game 2.

(13) Steinitz,William (2590) - Marshall,Frank James (2570) [C03]
Montreal, 1893
 

 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Ne7 4.Bd3 Nbc6 5.c3 Ng6 6.Nb3 e5 7.Qe2 Be6 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.exd5 Bxd5 10.dxe5 0-0 11.Bxg6 Re8 12.Bc2 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Rxe5 14.Be3 Qh4 15.0-0-0 Qa4 16.Kb1 Rd8 17.f4 Bc4 18.Qf3 Ra5 19.Nxa5 Qxa2+ 20.Kc1 Qa1+ 21.Bb1 Qxa5 22.Qe4 Ba2 23.Qxh7+ Kf8 24.Rd4 c6 25.Rhd1 Qc7 26.Qh8+ 1-0

Training Game 3

(70) Feldman,N - Botvinnik,M (2700) [C07]
Leningrad tt, 1931
 

 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Qg4 Nxe5 8.Qxg7 Nxd3+ 9.cxd3 Rf8 10.Ngf3 Nd7 11.Qxh7 Qf6 12.Qh4 Qg6 13.d4 Be7 14.Qf4 Qxg2 15.Rg1 Qh3 16.Nb3 b6 17.Bd2 Ba6 18.Rc1 Bd6 19.Qg4 Qh7 20.Ng5 Qxh2 21.Rg2 Nf6 22.Rxh2 Nxg4 23.Rh4 Nf6 24.f4 Ke7 25.Kf2 Rh8 26.Rch1 Rxh4 27.Rxh4 Rc8 28.Bc3 Bd3 29.Nd2 b5 30.Ndf3 b4 31.Be1 Rc2+ 32.Kg3 Rxb2 33.Ne5 Ne4+ 34.Nxe4 Bxe4 0-1

Training Game 4

(27602) Rasmussen,Casper (2256) - Gurevich,Mikhail (2694) [C08]
Frankfurt Ordix op Frankfurt (2), 16.06.2000
 

 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.0-0 Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nd4 Qd7 11.N2f3 Bd6 12.Qe2+ Nce4 13.Qb5 Rc8 14.c3 Qxb5 15.Nxb5 Bc5 16.Bf4 0-0 17.Rad1 a6 18.Nbd4 Rfe8 19.h3 b5 20.Be3 Nd6 21.Nc2 Nc4 22.Bxc5 Rxc5 23.Rb1 Re2 24.Nfd4 Rd2 25.Nb3 Rc8 26.Nxd2 Nxd2 27.Rbd1 Nxf1 28.Kxf1 a5 29.Ne3 Rd8 30.c4 bxc4 31.Nxc4 Rb8 32.Nxa5 Rxb2 33.Nc6 Ne4 34.f3 Ng3+ 35.Kg1 Ne2+ 36.Kh2 Nf4 37.a4 Rxg2+ 38.Kh1 Ra2 39.a5 g5 40.Rb1 Kg7 41.Rb6 d4 42.a6 d3 43.a7 Ra1+ 44.Kh2 d2 45.Nd4 f6 46.Rb7+ Kg6 47.Rb1 Rxa7 0-1
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