Awesome. Thanks very much, I was having issue with this knight to B5 move and didn't realize the extreme difference between waiting that extra move to go c5. Very helpful...
I found this video extremely helpful. I've taken up the French as my main defense after trying out the Sicilian and discovering it wasn't for me. Your video gave me a deeper understanding I'm grateful for.
Thank you for making these videos! I have enjoyed every one and have learned a lot. I would be interested to hear about your favorite opening systems with White.
I had a Russian Master that showed me the French and taught me to be very patient with every position! With black the light square bishop is always the problem and I like how eloquently it was traded with tempo and... Pow chakalak the Knight hits the outpost on e4! Beautiful and Magnificent :-)
excellent video... i am choosing between sicilian and french and i am convinced i will choose the french defense.. expecting for more variations and sample games about this defense.
Like or Dislike: Like. Recently I lost an OTB game where my opponent prepped the Classical Variation against my French. I knew the theory up until the bishop exchange, but he outplayed me from then on. The computer evaluation gives White the lead after the bishop exchange, so this video is restoring my faith in the Classical Variation.
Continued and we all know the reality of stronger play. I do see the value in these types of videos. I would however love to see a 60+ or 70+ move games where each side plays nearly with out inaccuracies, mistakes or blunders. Thank You
yes, and the h6-c1 diagonal looks off course extremely dangerous for white at the moment. The queen could always give a highly tactical check there whenever the knight is removed from f3, the pawn on f4 is no longer there and the black queen starts pissing in her pants and looking for new squares. I would say the king is worse off at b1 because there the rook could get a possible half open file.
Thank you for this instructional video. I do appreciate your time and help. I do however want to make a suggestion. I would like to see a game with this variation where black plays the better or best moves as a response. The trouble with a lot of chess videos is it works out so well for the chosen side, perhaps only when the opponent makes several critical mistakes. You can not show every possibility referring to weak players questions, but games like these the opponent seems to roll over.
I don't see the point of white playing his king to g1 at 15:19 Can't he play a more productive move? You say he would do it not to be vulnerable for checks but I don't see how those checks would be a threat.
Awesome. Thanks very much, I was having issue with this knight to B5 move and didn't realize the extreme difference between waiting that extra move to go c5. Very helpful...
I found this video extremely helpful. I've taken up the French as my main defense after trying out the Sicilian and discovering it wasn't for me. Your video gave me a deeper understanding I'm grateful for.
Very instructive video! Been playing the Classical more than the Winawer with Black ever since watching this.
Hello SCG. Excellent series on how to play the French. Will you please do a video on the Steinitz variation? Thank you.
You promised to covet the steintz.....I've been waiting for four years now
I been waiting 7 years
Thank you for making these videos! I have enjoyed every one and have learned a lot. I would be interested to hear about your favorite opening systems with White.
GREAT video, loved the dialogue actually, thanks for posting man. I needed a lot of work on the French Defense for Black.
I had a Russian Master that showed me the French and taught me to be very patient with every position! With black the light square bishop is always the problem and I like how eloquently it was traded with tempo and... Pow chakalak the Knight hits the outpost on e4! Beautiful and Magnificent :-)
Thank uu
Very nice video, would be nice if you make more videos.
excellent video... i am choosing between sicilian and french and i am convinced i will choose the french defense.. expecting for more variations and sample games about this defense.
Great video and explanation. This is also called the burn variation
Like or Dislike: Like. Recently I lost an OTB game where my opponent prepped the Classical Variation against my French. I knew the theory up until the bishop exchange, but he outplayed me from then on. The computer evaluation gives White the lead after the bishop exchange, so this video is restoring my faith in the Classical Variation.
Continued and we all know the reality of stronger play. I do see the value in these types of videos. I would however love to see a 60+ or 70+ move games where each side plays nearly with out inaccuracies, mistakes or blunders. Thank You
yes, and the h6-c1 diagonal looks off course extremely dangerous for white at the moment. The queen could always give a highly tactical check there whenever the knight is removed from f3, the pawn on f4 is no longer there and the black queen starts pissing in her pants and looking for new squares. I would say the king is worse off at b1 because there the rook could get a possible half open file.
Thank you for this instructional video. I do appreciate your time and help. I do however want to make a suggestion. I would like to see a game with this variation where black plays the better or best moves as a response. The trouble with a lot of chess videos is it works out so well for the chosen side, perhaps only when the opponent makes several critical mistakes. You can not show every possibility referring to weak players questions, but games like these the opponent seems to roll over.
Thanks SuperChessGuru!
Very instructive!
So at 17:00 if white had played bishop b5 what would blacks best move have been
More good insights into the French. Thanks. How about a white side approach to the French defense?
It´s a fine lesson. Like your stile of talking. But I putted the game into some opening explorer and the game by Akobian didn´t come up.
Very nice explanation..!more power sir
Hey thanks. Could you cover the steintz in a video?
Awesome! Thanks very much you share this:) I like to play french more than ever becouse i think i learn a lot those videos
Hey can you please do a video on chess studying? Thanks :)
After 17. Nxd4, how much of a threat is Nc6 attacking the queen? Stockfish evaluates that as white's strongest move instead of gobbling the bishop.
Very nice. Thank you very much.
Nice video. Thanks.
I don't see the point of white playing his king to g1 at 15:19 Can't he play a more productive move? You say he would do it not to be vulnerable for checks but I don't see how those checks would be a threat.
They (white) often castle kingside anyway.
excellent !
thanx
why can this guy not blow his nose before he starts?
Rip chessguru
snort your nose !
Fischer and Kasparov didn't like the French!
Because Fisher and Kasparov were both notorious attacking players. The french is strategic and positional. It didn't fit their style.
You interrupt yourself too much.