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French Defense Rep
Compiled by fredthebear

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Games from the Dutch book: Hans Bouwmeester, Prisma Schaakboek 10, Openingen". In his repertoire the French Advance is both recommended for black and for white, so you have a look at both sides. I added some games from Marovic & Parma, An Opening Repertoire for Black and from Euwe, Praktische Schaaklessen 3 (1977). Euwe recommends 3.Nd2 for white. I also added a few more interesting games from other books.

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The Boy and the Schoolmaster

Wise counsel is not always wise,
As this my tale exemplifies.
A boy, that frolicked on the banks of Seine,
Fell in, and would have found a watery grave,
Had not that hand that plants never in vain
A willow planted there, his life to save.
While hanging by its branches as he might,
A certain sage preceptor came in sight;
To whom the urchin cried, "Save, or I'm drowned!" The master, turning gravely at the sound,
Thought proper for a while to stand aloof,
And give the boy some seasonable reproof.
"You little wretch! this comes of foolish playing, Commands and precepts disobeying.
A naughty rogue, no doubt, you are,
Who thus requite your parents" care.
Alas! their lot I pity much,
Whom fate condemns to watch over such."
This having coolly said, and more,
He pulled the drowning lad ashore.

This story hits more marks than you suppose.
All critics, pedants, men of endless prose, –
Three sorts, so richly blessed with progeny,
The house is blessed that does not lodge any, – May in it see themselves from head to toes.
No matter what the task,
Their precious tongues must teach;
Their help in need you ask,
You first must hear them preach.

"There just isn't enough televised Chess." — David Letterman

"Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself." — Eleanor Roosevelt

"Many have become Chess Masters, no one has become the Master of Chess." — Siegbert Tarrasch

Drive sober or get pulled over.

"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac

Feb-23-23 FSR: Thanks, Susan. I never saw Albert after my freshman year of high school (he and his family moved to the Chicago suburbs, where he went to a different school and played for a different chess team). Super nice guy. I was very surprised many years later to learn that he and your son had started this site.

"Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess." ― Siegbert Tarrasch

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ― Howard Thurman

2023 Z X

Black repertoire
Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1893
(C00) French Defense, 59 moves, 0-1
Black repertoire
G Stoltz vs Botvinnik, 1946
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 37 moves, 0-1
Black repertoire
M Damjanovic vs Uhlmann, 1968
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 37 moves, 0-1
23....Rf5?
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1954
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 1-0
Black repertoire
W Winter vs Alekhine, 1936
(C01) French, Exchange, 39 moves, 0-1
Black repertoire
Tartakower vs Botvinnik, 1946
(C01) French, Exchange, 54 moves, 0-1
Black repertoire
L Prins vs L Schmid, 1951
(C01) French, Exchange, 36 moves, 0-1
White repertoire
Nimzowitsch vs Levenfish, 1911
(C02) French, Advance, 37 moves, 1-0
White repertoire
Nimzowitsch vs Salwe, 1911
(C02) French, Advance, 39 moves, 1-0
White repertoire
Nimzowitsch vs Spielmann, 1920
(C02) French, Advance, 61 moves, 1-0
White repertoire
Unzicker vs Gligoric, 1952
(C02) French, Advance, 85 moves, 1-0
White repertoire
L Kerkhoff vs A Dueckstein, 1966
(C02) French, Advance, 32 moves, 1-0
Black repertoire
Bondarevsky vs Botvinnik, 1941
(C02) French, Advance, 29 moves, 0-1
Black repertoire
F Cornelis vs H Bouwmeester, 1968
(C02) French, Advance, 41 moves, 0-1
Black repertoire
M Stean vs Forintos, 1975
(C02) French, Advance, 38 moves, 0-1
Black repertoire
Boleslavsky vs Ufimtsev, 1944
(C10) French, 26 moves, 0-1
Black repertoire
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966
(C10) French, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black repertoire
Schlechter vs Rubinstein, 1912
(C11) French, 41 moves, 0-1
White repertoire
Averbakh vs Szabo, 1950
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
White repertoire
Keres vs Capablanca, 1938
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 38 moves, 1-0
White repertoire
Tarrasch vs K Eckart, 1890
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
White repertoire (Opening is okay)
Averbakh vs Stahlberg, 1952
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 61 moves, 0-1
White repertoire (Opening is okay)
A Medina Garcia vs Eliskases, 1953
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 30 moves, 0-1
White repertoire (although Averbakh loses again)
Averbakh vs Stahlberg, 1953
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 86 moves, 0-1
White repertoire
Kotov vs Keres, 1948
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 41 moves, 1-0
White repertoire
Foltys vs Mohyla, 1940
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 1-0
White repertoire
P Trifunovic vs A Matanovic, 1954
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 58 moves, 1-0
White repertoire
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1938
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 1-0
White repertoire
Spielmann vs Nimzowitsch, 1928
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
White repertoire
Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1944
(C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 46 moves, 1-0
White repertoire
Bronstein vs Szabo, 1948
(C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 38 moves, 1-0
White repertoire
D Minic vs L Espig, 1968
(C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 36 moves, 1-0
White repertoire
Andersson vs Hug, 1972
(C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2
White repertoire
Aronin vs Ufimtsev, 1947
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 72 moves, 1/2-1/2
White repertoire
Maroczy vs Rubinstein, 1907
(C10) French, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
White repertoire
Euwe vs Eliskases, 1947
(C10) French, 38 moves, 1-0
White repertoire
Capablanca vs Kostic, 1919
(C11) French, 15 moves, 1-0
White repertoire
Euwe vs S Landau, 1939
(C10) French, 42 moves, 1-0
Black repertoire
Larsen vs Uhlmann, 1971
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black repertoire
Larsen vs Uhlmann, 1971
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 64 moves, 1-0
Black repertoire
Bronstein vs Petrosian, 1975
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black repertoire (18...a5?)
Karpov vs Uhlmann, 1973
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 42 moves, 1-0
Black repertoire (again 18...a5?)
G Kuzmin vs Uhlmann, 1973
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 44 moves, 1-0
Black repertoire
L Schmid vs Portisch, 1974
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 42 moves, 0-1
Black repertoire
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black repertoire
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black repertoire
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black repertoire
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black repertoire
Gipslis vs Korchnoi, 1970
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 59 moves, 0-1
Black repertoire
Geller vs Uhlmann, 1970
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 47 moves, 0-1
Black repertoire
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927
(C01) French, Exchange, 43 moves, 0-1
Black repertoire (better was 7....Nf6; 10..Qd7)
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1935
(C15) French, Winawer, 41 moves, 1-0
Black repertoire
Gulko vs Timman, 1974
(C15) French, Winawer, 62 moves, 0-1
Prelude to Fischer - Kovacevic
Fischer vs Uhlmann, 1970
(C15) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 1-0
Black repertoire
Fischer vs V Kovacevic, 1970
(C15) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 0-1
Why did black accept a draw?
J Kaplan vs J Moles, 1972
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black repertoire
R Byrne vs Korchnoi, 1974
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black repertoire
Fischer vs N Padevsky, 1962
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black repertoire
Stein vs Uhlmann, 1962
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 67 moves, 0-1
Black repertoire
Suetin vs Ivkov, 1963
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black repertoire
Fischer vs Uhlmann, 1962
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
After Fischer -Kovacevic back to C19
Fischer vs Larsen, 1971
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 41 moves, 1-0
Prelude to Fischer - Larsen game 1
Fischer vs E Mednis, 1962
(C18) French, Winawer, 73 moves, 0-1
J Ayza Ballester vs A Rodriguez Vila, 2006
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 0-1
Landa vs Naiditsch, 2013
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 19 moves, 0-1
Caruana vs Shankland, 2016
(C18) French, Winawer, 54 moves, 1-0
Z Almasi vs So, 2014
(C18) French, Winawer, 48 moves, 0-1
Grischuk vs Short, 2000
(C02) French, Advance, 32 moves, 0-1
B Vujic vs S Polgar, 1981
(C00) French Defense, 36 moves, 0-1
A Bouget vs M Ulybin, 2014
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 48 moves, 0-1
N Padevsky vs I Asmundsson, 1957
(C18) French, Winawer, 16 moves, 1-0
A Eswaran vs Maggie Feng, 2019
(C18) French, Winawer, 77 moves, 0-1
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