French Outpost

I found it in chessbase... all the games i looked up there was a bishop or a knight on e5 supported by a pawn on d4 and from a bunch of different openings.. maybe chessbase is wrong though because the name would make no sense.

Sorry if my explanation sounded official.
But a Knight on d6 in the French is what I would call a French outpost.
(though the best outposts are on squares c5,d5,e5,f5 & c4,d4,e4,f4)

Outposts can come from any opening - the term 'French outpost'
was a new one to me.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
I've played the advanced French since '77 the French outpost
is the square d6. Get a Knight safely on d6 and it's a huge piece.

I checked my DB and 8 times I have sunk a Knight on d6 and 8 wins.

Sometimes you have to be a bit crafty to reach d6 with a Knight.

Look at this position. Plan - get Knight to d6.

[fen]r2qk2r/1p1b1ppp/p1n1p1n1/3pP3 . Qh4 Rxh7 32. Qxh7 a2 33. g6+ Kf6
34. Qh5 e5 35. Qg5+ Ke6 36. Qe7[/pgn]

I saw the Nd6 idea and never analysed any deeper.
I knew I'd have a good position with some idea after that.

Bxh7+ was either sad or sound - I could just see it was going to get very interesting.
And defending these things OTB (over the board) is difficult.
So I shut my eyes and played it.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Sorry if my explanation sounded official.
But a Knight on d6 in the French is what I would call a French outpost.
(though the best outposts are on squares c5,d5,e5,f5 & c4,d4,e4,f4)

Outposts can come from any opening - the term 'French outpost'
was a new one to me.