Black moves his queen four times and gets smothered
D Smith vs E Heiny, 1974  (B40) Sicilian, 8 moves, 1-0
2.e5 (Steinitz Attack)
Steinitz vs M Weiss, 1882  (C00) French Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
2.Nc3
Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Botvinnik, 1927  (C00) French Defense, 66 moves, 0-1
2.Qe2 (Chigorin Variation)
Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1893  (C00) French Defense, 43 moves, 1-0
2.Nf3
E E Book vs V Ingerslev, 1929  (C00) French Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
2.d3 (Kings Indian Attack) c5
Fischer vs J Durao, 1966  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 1-0
2.d3 (Kings Indian Attack)
Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 (Schlechter Variation)
Lasker vs Blackburne, 1892  (C00) French Defense, 52 moves, 1-0
2.d4 d5 3.exd5 (Exchange Variation)
W Winter vs Alekhine, 1936  (C01) French, Exchange, 39 moves, 0-1
4.Nf3
G Marco vs Maroczy, 1899  (C01) French, Exchange, 78 moves, 0-1
4.c4 (Monte Carlo Variation)
Marshall vs Swiderski, 1904  (C01) French, Exchange, 32 moves, 1-0
3.e5 (Advance Variation) c5 4.dxc5
Reshevsky vs A Vasconcellos, 1944  (C02) French, Advance, 26 moves, 1-0
4.Qg4 (Nimzowitsch Gambit)
Nimzowitsch vs A Hakansson, 1922  (C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0
4.Nf3 (Nimzowitsch System)
Bondarevsky vs Botvinnik, 1941  (C02) French, Advance, 29 moves, 0-1
4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1978  (C02) French, Advance, 41 moves, 0-1
5... Qb6 6.Bd3 (Milner-Barry Gambit) Bxd7
Nimzowitsch vs Salwe, 1911  (C02) French, Advance, 39 moves, 1-0
6... cxd4
Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1912  (C02) French, Advance, 41 moves, 1-0
6.Be2 (Paulsen Attack)
K Spraggett vs G Glen, 1975  (C02) French, Advance, 45 moves, 1-0
6.a3 Nh6 (Lputian Variation)
Fressinet vs Korchnoi, 1996  (C02) French, Advance, 29 moves, 0-1
6... c4 (Main Line) 7.g3
P H Clarke vs Petrosian, 1958  (C02) French, Advance, 41 moves, 0-1
7.Nbd2
P Enders vs Uhlmann, 1978  (C02) French, Advance, 52 moves, 0-1
3.Nd2 (Tarrasch Variation) a6
Geller vs Dreev, 1990  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0
3... Nc6 (Guimard Defense) 4.c3
Keres vs Petrosian, 1950  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 0-1
4.Ngf3
Tal vs Vaganian, 1973  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 12 moves, 1-0
3... Be7 (Morozevich Variation) 4.c3
Chandler vs Short, 1981  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 1-0
4.Ngf3
Adams vs Lputian, 1990  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 32 moves, 1-0
3... Nf6 4.e5 Nd7 5.f4
Reshevsky vs Vaganian, 1976  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 0-1
5.c3
Korchnoi vs M Udovcic, 1967  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 1-0
5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1938  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 1-0
7... cxd4
Tal vs Timman, 1985  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 1-0
3... c5 4.Ngf3 a6
Tal vs Korchnoi, 1970  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0
4... Nc6
Tal vs Uhlmann, 1971  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
4.exd5 Qxd5 5.dxc5
Pirc vs Eliskases, 1938 (C07) French, Tarrasch, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd8
Keres vs Eliskases, 1938  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
6... Qd6
P Ofstad vs Uhlmann, 1963  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
4... exd5 5.Bb5+
Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2
5.Ngf3 Nf6
Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
5... Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.0-0
Geller vs Uhlmann, 1970  (C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 47 moves, 0-1
7.dxc5
Karpov vs Uhlmann, 1973  (C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 42 moves, 1-0
3.Nc3 Nc6
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971  (C10) French, 46 moves, 1-0
3... dxe4 (Rubinstein Variation) 4.Nxe4 Bd7
Spassky vs O'Kelly, 1969  (C10) French, 44 moves, 1-0
4... Nd7 (Blackburne Defense)
Spielmann vs R L'hermet, 1927  (C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0
3... Nf6 4.e5 (Steinitz Variation) Nd7 5.Nce2
Tarrasch vs J Noa, 1885  (C11) French, 47 moves, 1-0
5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5
Steinitz vs A Sellman, 1885  (C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7
Ivanchuk vs Morozevich, 1996  (C11) French, 34 moves, 1-0
7... cxd4
Kasparov vs Short, 1994  (C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
7... a6
Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2003  (C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1
4.Bg5 dxe4 (Burn Variation) 5.Nxe4 Nbd7
Schlechter vs Rubinstein, 1912  (C11) French, 41 moves, 0-1
5... Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
Spassky vs J H Donner, 1970  (C11) French, 26 moves, 1-0
6... gxf6
J Kaplan vs Bronstein, 1975  (C11) French, 26 moves, 0-1
4... Bb4 (McCutcheon Variation) 5.exd5
Capablanca vs W P Shipley, 1924  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 34 moves, 1-0
5.e5
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1962  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 43 moves, 0-1
4... Be7 5.Bxf6
Alekhine vs A Asgeirsson, 1931  (C13) French, 25 moves, 1-0
5.e5 Ne4 (Tartakower Variation)
L Forgacs vs Tartakower, 1909  (C13) French, 28 moves, 1-0
5... Nfd7 6.h4 (Alekhine-Chatard Attack)
Alekhine vs H Fahrni, 1914  (C13) French, 23 moves, 1-0
6.Bxe7
Tarrasch vs Teichmann, 1912  (C14) French, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0
3... Bb4 4.Bd2
Keres vs Botvinnik, 1948  (C15) French, Winawer, 39 moves, 1-0
4.Bd3
Alekhine vs Vasic, 1931  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0
4.a3 (Winckelmann-Riemer Gambit)
Fischer vs V Kovacevic, 1970  (C15) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 0-1
4.Nge2
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1935  (C15) French, Winawer, 64 moves, 1-0
4.exd5
Larsen vs Portisch, 1964  (C01) French, Exchange, 33 moves, 1-0
4.e5 Qd7
Geller vs Karpov, 1976  (C16) French, Winawer, 42 moves, 1-0
4... b6 5.Bg4
Tal vs N Padevsky, 1963  (C16) French, Winawer, 28 moves, 1-0
5.a3
Kasparov vs Ivanchuk, 1995  (C16) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 0-1
4... Ne7 5.Qg4
Spassky vs Uhlmann, 1976  (C16) French, Winawer, 51 moves, 1-0
5.Bd2 Ne7 6.a3
R Nezhmetdinov vs Tal, 1957  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 32 moves, 1-0
6.Nb5
Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
5.a3 cxd4
Lasker vs Maroczy, 1924  (C18) French, Winawer, 50 moves, 1-0
5... Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4
Fischer vs Tal, 1960  (C18) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
7.Nb5
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1954  (C18) French, Winawer, 58 moves, 0-1
5... Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5
Anand vs P Nikolic, 1997  (C18) French, Winawer, 35 moves, 1-0
6... Qc7
Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960  (C18) French, Winawer, 32 moves, 1-0
6... Ne7 7.h4
Short vs Korchnoi, 1987  (C18) French, Winawer, 56 moves, 1-0
7.a4
Fischer vs Larsen, 1971  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 41 moves, 1-0
7.Nf3 Nbc6
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1941  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 42 moves, 0-1
7... Qa5
Tolush vs Botvinnik, 1945  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 41 moves, 0-1
7... Qc7
Fischer vs K Darga, 1960  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
7... Bd7
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1977  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 65 moves, 0-1
7... b6
A Sokolov vs Yusupov, 1986  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 72 moves, 0-1
7.Qg4 (Poisoned Pawn Variation) Nf5
Tal vs Petrosian, 1957  (C18) French, Winawer, 51 moves, 1-0
7... Kf8
Kasparov vs P Nikolic, 1994  (C18) French, Winawer, 39 moves, 1-0
7... 0-0 8.Nf3
Ljubojevic vs Korchnoi, 1985  (C18) French, Winawer, 42 moves, 1-0
8.Bd3 f5
Polgar vs Uhlmann, 1990  (C18) French, Winawer, 57 moves, 1-0
8... Nbc6
Bologan vs Vaganian, 2006  (C18) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 1-0
7... Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Kd1
Tal vs Bronstein, 1966  (C18) French, Winawer, 38 moves, 1-0
10.Ne2 Nc6 11.f4 dxc3
E Cobo Arteaga vs Ivkov, 1963  (C18) French, Winawer, 25 moves, 0-1
12.Qd3 dxc3 13.Be3
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1977  (C18) French, Winawer, 40 moves, 0-1
13.Qxc3
Hjartarson vs J Nogueiras, 1988  (C18) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 0-1
13.Nxc3
Karpov vs J Nogueiras, 1988  (C18) French, Winawer, 52 moves, 1-0
2. f4 line; Black creates q-side pressure but White draws
Bologan vs V Burmakin, 2003  (C00) French Defense, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
2. f4 line; ...nf5 captured, draw between women
G Lagvilava vs T Kononenko, 2001 (C00) French Defense, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Labourdanais line, ...qb6 line, long castle, qside attack
Stripunsky vs Nakamura, 2010  (C00) French Defense, 45 moves, 0-1
Labourdanais line, qside push, kside perpetual draw
Korbut vs M Guseva, 2006 (C00) French Defense, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
Exchange Line; queens exchanged; rook ending, 2 pawns up
F Ynojosa Aponte vs N Pert, 2008  (C01) French, Exchange, 66 moves, 0-1
Exchange line, early b4, b5, complex, knight ending, xtra pawn
Kholmov vs Psakhis, 1984  (C01) French, Exchange, 42 moves, 0-1
Exchange line, early b4, b5, model game, kside attack, e push
C Land vs J Bradford, 2006 (C01) French, Exchange, 37 moves, 0-1
Exchange line, Be2, h3, ...Bf5, kside pawn & pieces attack
Bali Haxha vs D Justo, 2010 (C01) French, Exchange, 34 moves, 0-1
Exchange c4 line, IQP, active pieces, e file control
N Miezis vs Z Mamedjarova, 2004  (C01) French, Exchange, 24 moves, 0-1
Exchange c4 line, IQP to weak queen pawns, rook ending
Kharlov vs K Maslak, 2004 (B01) Scandinavian, 56 moves, 0-1
Delayed exchange, ...Bg4, ...c6 line, ...Ne4, rook ending,model
A Nzamwitar vs C Prasad, 2006 (C00) French Defense, 42 moves, 0-1
Delayed exchange McCutcheon line, ...g6, knight maneuvers
K Yee vs V Akobian, 2001  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 32 moves, 0-1
Delayed exchange McCutcheon, Bxf6, minors ending, mate
I Nei vs Bronstein, 1960  (C01) French, Exchange, 55 moves, 0-1
Delayed exchange winawer line, ...c6, ...c5 vs. f4, super gms
I Ivanisevic vs F Vallejo Pons, 2011  (C01) French, Exchange, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Delayed exchange McCutcheon, super gms, kside action
Shirov vs Ivanchuk, 2008  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Exchange c4, ...c6, black survives kside sacs, up material
L Henry vs D Yang, 2011 (C01) French, Exchange, 33 moves, 0-1
Exchange Be2, short castle both sides, qside play to kside
D de Graaf vs J Delemarre, 2001 (C01) French, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1
F4 line, qside play, ...g6, ...h5, ...d4 early
N Gamboa vs Sadvakasov, 1999 (C00) French Defense, 23 moves, 0-1
b3, ...d5, ...Nf6 line, ...g6, ...Bg7, black central pawns
E Paehtz vs N Zhukova, 2005  (C00) French Defense, 28 moves, 0-1
b3, ...Nf6 line, e5, central qside black pawns, risky game
A Pridorozhni vs Ngoc Truongson Nguyen, 2013 (C00) French Defense, 44 moves, 0-1
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