Yevseev: Fighting the French: A New Concept Strategie and slightly clumsy

and slightly clumsy

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Using examples of instructive mistakes from new and old games by strong players

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The idea behind this gambit is actually quite serious: by eliminating the black c-pawn and aiming for a rapid development of his queenside

Yevseev: Fighting the French: A New Concept Strategie and slightly clumsyGM Yevseev suggests a new concept of combating the French. White plays 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 and then he deploys his pieces according to the scheme Ngf3, Bd3, c3, 00, against almost anything that Black may play. This will usually lead to exchanges in the centre and the appearance of an isolated queens pawn for White. Contents Preface Part 1. The Rubinstein Variation: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 1 Various, 4 Nf6 2 4 Bd7 3 4 Nd7 Part 2. All Other