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French Winawer for White
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includes Bd3 and Bd2

...Qxd5 Bd2 line; White is pawn down but has initiative; ending
T Oral vs S Kristjansson, 2002
(C15) French, Winawer, 39 moves, 1-0

...Qxd5 Bd2 line; excellent initiative by Tal; PME ending win
Tal vs Gipslis, 1955 
(C15) French, Winawer, 50 moves, 1-0

Classical Line e5 & a3; White attacks k-side w/ pawns, pieces
Shulman vs T Jackson, 2005
(C18) French, Winawer, 27 moves, 1-0

Classical Line; Kasparov schools Short on faulty knight sac
Kasparov vs Short, 1994 
(C18) French, Winawer, 35 moves, 1-0

Classical Line; Lutz sacs knight on g5 and collaborates fatal
C Lutz vs A Yusupov, 2002 
(C18) French, Winawer, 41 moves, 1-0

Classical Line; White castles long surprise; kingside attack
Bacrot vs A Vaisser, 2003 
(C18) French, Winawer, 32 moves, 1-0

Classical Line: White attacks kingside; own king survives
A Grigoryan vs M Apicella, 2011
(C18) French, Winawer, 33 moves, 1-0

Classical Line; Another kingside demolition by White
Areshchenko vs Efimenko, 2005 
(C18) French, Winawer, 47 moves, 1-0

Classical Poisoned Pawn; White pushes h-pawn, plays c-file
J A Dominguez Garcia vs F J Munoz Moreno, 2001
(C18) French, Winawer, 42 moves, 1-0

...Ng6, ...0-0, h4! White doesn't castle; attacks kingside
Ponomariov vs S Noppes, 2002 
(C18) French, Winawer, 24 moves, 1-0

...Ng6, ...0-0, h4! White opens lines on k-side; king in cente
A Zhigalko vs J D Thornton, 2005
(C18) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 1-0

...Nf5 instead of ...Ng6 line; Tal shows how to preserve bishop
Tal vs I Yeropov, 1953 
(C18) French, Winawer, 47 moves, 1-0

Bd3 line again; dealing with ...Bg4; sharp tactics to good end
F Braga vs C S Matamoros Franco, 1992
(C01) French, Exchange, 36 moves, 1-0

Bd3, ...dxe4 line; ...c5 & ...e5 played; equal game
Hort vs Uhlmann, 1970
(C15) French, Winawer, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bd3, ...dxe4 line; nice crush by white at the end
R Ortega vs Uhlmann, 1967 
(C15) French, Winawer, 32 moves, 1-0

Playing against ...ng6; kingside play rooks on 7 th
V Hagedorn vs C Hijweegen, 2001
(C15) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 1-0

...cxd4 line; black king never safe; initiative despite pawn
G Timmerman vs J Vanheste, 1990 
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 38 moves, 1-0

Delayed exchange line
R Lallemand vs S Gonchar, 2006
(C01) French, Exchange, 29 moves, 1-0

Bd3, ...Nc6, ...dxe4, unusual move, Capa strikes!
Capablanca vs F C Hoffman, 1922 
(C15) French, Winawer, 13 moves, 1-0

...Nc6, Bg5 transposed, closed center, opp castle, break at end
N Guliyev vs G Schebler, 2009
(C10) French, 46 moves, 1-0

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