Solid. Practical. Harmonious. Experienced Chessable author NM fdunne provides you with a comprehensive opening repertoire against the French Defence based on the move 3. Nd2.
Due to its difficult, ragged play and unbalanced positions, the French Defence has always been a very problematic opening for every club level player.
The main White attempt to 'refute' the opening is 3. Nc3, which is highly critical, yet also double-edged. NM fdunne proposes a simpler approach to battle the French based on the Tarrasch variation. The move 3. Nd2 has several benefits:
♟ It avoids the 'Winawer Pin' with Bb4
♟ It allows White to play c2-c3 immediately, supporting the center
♟ It leads to more „rational“ positions than 3. Nc3.
Heavily researched and improved version of the original course
NM fdunne is a young energetic master who spends a lot of time preparing his repertoires.
Harmonious French Defence is no exception.
fdunne improved his analysis from the previous course on the French Defence here on Chessable.
He consulted a whole library of French Defence books to compare his analysis and check the recommendations from the Black side, for example classics like Aagard and Ntrilris's classic
Playing the French or Emmanuel Berg's
Grandmaster Repertoire: the French Defense or Chessable courses such as
Master The French by NM Bryan Tillis.
Here is what the exhaustive fruits of his labour bring to Chessable in this course:
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A full repertoire in 129 trainable lines covering all Black attempts such as 3…Nf6, 3…dxe4 and 3…c5.
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Comfortable and active positions against third-move sidelines, such as 3…f5, 3…g6, 3…h6 or 3…a6.
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A rare and promising system against the mainline 3…Nf6 where White grabs the space and tires to develop around it
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9 annotated model games demonstrating the viability of the proposed opening system on both grandmaster and club level.
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So end your troubles against French Defense devotees and start tackling their favourite opening and scoring points!
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And if you like this course, you might want to check NM mn79's other courses on the platform:
The Complete Open Sicilian for White Vol 1 The Complete Open Sicilian for White Vol 2Fighting the Caro-KannFighting the Pirc and ModernA Modern Repertoire Against The Catalan
