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The French Defense begins with 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5. Black plans to play a solid setup and contest white's center with moves like c5 and Nc6. The biggest drawback to the French Defense is that black's light square bishop is hemmed in by the e6 pawn.
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How to play the French as White
Three most common replies to the French are 3.Nc3, 3.Nd2 and 3.e5, in your question you are ruling out 3.Nc3 and 3.e5, so 3.Nd2, the Tarrasch, seems like a natural suggestion, and it is less sharp tha …
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Is the French Defence good against 1.e4 for tactical play?
French defense is often thought of as solid positional defense. However, French defense can be used as tactical weapon and many GMs use it that way. See two games by Alexander Morozevich below. Theref …
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Are there known opening gambit lines for black in the French defence?
Here is one line:
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nb5 O-O 9. Nc7 Nc6 10. Nxa8 cxd4
Black has castled, and is pretty well developed, while the wh …
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