french defense

kr1dude

Only Chess

04 Oct 04

Natural Science

blunderer of pawns

Rhode (not an)Island

Joined: 17 Apr 04
Moves: 24785

05 Nov 04

For a lesson in how not to play against the French, stay tuned to the public game, Natural Science vs. oishi.

Alopinto

Joined: 12 Jul 04
Moves: 3836

05 Nov 04

Originally posted by Gambitzoid
err... Pardon the interruption of this fine conversation, but i have a question about the french defense. What do people think of 1.e4 e6 2. c4!?

One game I played continued like this...
2.... d5
3. Nc3 dxc
4. Bxc4 Nf6
5. Nf3 Nc3
6. d4

" err... Pardon the interruption of this fine conversation [...] "

Not a problem 🙂

Is this a game in progress or can I speak freely about it?

Regards,

Alopinoto

programmeur

Joined: 24 Oct 04
Moves: 3658

06 Nov 04

1 edit

jpmoldovan

Joined: 03 May 04
Moves: 33

14 Dec 04

2 edits

Originally posted by paultopia
So? In the advance variation, the d4 pawn ends up being attacked by black's c pawn, c6 knight, and queen: 3 attackers, and being defended by white's c pawn, f6 knight, and queen: 3 defenders. Same with the winnawer after the knight is ...[text shortened]... way.

Doesn't this mean that the d4 pawn must be lost?

After 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 White is defending 3x (Pc3, Qd1, Ndf3) & can re-inforce his d-pawn a 4th time (Ne2).

Also, the 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3!? (7.Ne2 is another option.) Qb6 8.O-O cxd4 9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Nf3 gambit isn't totally correct but it scores well & may appeal to a Milner-Barry fans.