Brilliant opening combination
S Tatai vs Korchnoi, 1978  (C01) French, Exchange, 14 moves, 0-1
Important Winawer game. 8...Kf8!? much payed since.
Fischer vs W Hook, 1970  (C18) French, Winawer, 28 moves, 1-0
Phenomenal endgame by Nimzowitsch
Lasker vs A Nimzowitsch, 1934  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 65 moves, 0-1
Classic Lasker. 14...Bd7!! instead of ...e5?!
O Bernstein vs Lasker, 1934  (C14) French, Classical, 44 moves, 0-1
Clash of the French experts
Morozevich vs V Moskalenko, 1994  (C11) French, 42 moves, 0-1
How to resist the Alekhine attack in the French
Ragozin vs Yanofsky, 1948  (C13) French, 43 moves, 0-1
How to play the French without playing the French
Kosteniuk vs C Gouw, 2000  (C00) French Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Even more flexible play in the advance
Dubov vs S Martinovic, 2016 (C02) French, Advance, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Complex piece sacrifice in the advance
Movsesian vs M Gurevich, 2000  (C02) French, Advance, 35 moves, 0-1
Reti Resisting the Alekhine
Euwe vs Reti, 1923  (C13) French, 33 moves, 0-1
Dancing knights soften up kingside in exchange variation
D Barua vs Gulko, 1993  (C01) French, Exchange, 36 moves, 0-1
Korchnoi positional power in Winawer
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1977  (C18) French, Winawer, 40 moves, 0-1
Music on the board
M Delage vs S Prokofiev, 1937  (C18) French, Winawer, 25 moves, 0-1
Alekhine's first win over Capablanca
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (C01) French, Exchange, 43 moves, 0-1
Solid win against closed French
Ljubojevic vs Panno, 1976 (A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 0-1
How to dismantle the closed French
B Vujic vs S Polgar, 1981  (C00) French Defense, 36 moves, 0-1
Impressive manoeuvring to get the pawn home
G Jones vs T S Nguyen, 2014  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 57 moves, 0-1
Steinitz and the overprotected e5
Steinitz vs M Weiss, 1882  (C00) French Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
French Reti / Sicilian with a White sacfest
Blatny vs J L Watson, 1998  (B40) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0
Reti gambit with nice combination at end
Aronian vs Van Wely, 2006  (B20) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
Reti gambit, great control at end
Morozevich vs Elena Anikina, 2016  (B20) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
Astonishing Tal brilliancy
Tal vs Uhlmann, 1971  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
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