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Fighting the French: A New Concept
Playable against almost anything that Black may play
by Denis Yevseev
Publisher: Chess Stars, 2011
Edition: Paperback medium
ISBN: 978-954-8782-83-8
Pages: 384
Language: English
Nowadays the French Defence 1...e6 is one of the most popular openings in response to 1.e4. I'd like to suggest a new concept of combating it.
White plays 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 and then deploys his pieces according to the scheme Ngf3, Bd3, c3, 0-0, against almost anything that Black may play.This will usually lead to exchanges in the centre and the appearance of an isolated queen's pawn for White.
Denis Yevseev is a grandmaster. He is the winner of many international tournaments as Taraus open (Tampere) 2002, the Petrov Memorial (St. Petersburg) 2002, Vashilishin Memorial (Lvov) 2009...
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