@hanging Pawn you are a great teacher for EndGame and Openings . One suggestion from my side please arrange the openings and Defense videos in the order of the popularity so that we can learn what is most important first !
In the beginning of the main line after e5 Nd7, due to more recent computer analysis the immediate f4+Ndf3+c3+g3 variations are considered totally crushing for white. I really recommend playing the open system if you think that your opponent is booked up well. Some of the main tabia are: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. g3 Be7 10. Kf2 g5 11. fxg5 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Kg2 Nc6 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. b4 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. g3 f6 10. Bh3 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Kg2 fxe5 13. fxe5 Ndxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qe2 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 g5 11. fxg5 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Kg2 Nc6 14. Nf3 Bf8 15. b4 White is winning in all. Reminds me of the Sicilian Four Knights Exchange, but even better for white.
I think the modern variation is more playable "For me" there's the early tempo of a6, and there's still time to break the center from c5 and f6 You're doing GREAT!
Move 7. Ngf3 is actually a very interesting move. It's a pawn sacrifice which is kind of poisoned since white can get good attacking positions where black can easily be surprised using rooks on the c-file, queen via a4 to g4, and in some cases even bishop sacrifices on h7. Would be nice to see a video about that :)
Thank you so much for putting this tutorial together. I wouldn't play the French as black, as I love the Caro-Kann, but as you say, you need to know how to play against it as white if you are an e4 player which I am. Love you tutorials.
Knight g to f3 in the mainline is actually pretty good and scores the best. Tal himself played it. You can sac your D pawn and the position is loosing for black if he is to greedy and grabs a seccond pawn and equal if he knows what he is doing.
7.Ngf3 is perfectly playable. So much so in fact that black now a days rarely even plays 7...Qb6 to win the pawn because white simply gambits the pawn and gets an incredible initiative, way more than enough compensation for the pawn. 7.Ne2 is the main line, but it doesn't mean 7.Ngf3 isn't playable, because it is. Even people like Magnus, Kasparov and Caruana have all also tried the tarrasch with Ngf3 at some point in their careers.
I'm a bit confused about 3...c5. You say that the white has to continue with exd5, but I've been learning off of Andreas Tzermiadianos' "How to beat the French Defense - The essential guide to the Tarrasch" and the line given in response to 3...c5 is 4.Ngf3. Also when I put the move in stockfish it gives Ngf3 as the top move.
Yeah in my opinion the Euwe kere's line is a lot more fun then commiting to taking on d5, although you have to be prepared to go into some gambit lines and be down a pawn in some situations I think white gets ample compensation in those lines
@@idunoh1902c3 is a passive move by white and will just get a less than desirable IQP position for white if black is prepped. 4.Ngf3 is probably the best attempt to get some wild positions and punish blacks for delaying castling so long.
So... all endgames after the classic 3.Nf6 for black are bad (if both sides play correctly). I even checked the database and the classic variant for black is devastating... strange, because the main line should be solid, and the statistics say something completely different.
I don't think that you have been totally consistent in your evaluation of the move 3 . . . dxe4. When analyzing the Rubinstein Variation, you said it was not "the most fighting way" to play the French ruclips.net/video/THkLmg9vmv0/видео.html. When you spoke of the "sideline" 3 . . . dxe4 in this video, you said "this is a great fighting way for Black to play." 8:57. Of course, after 3 . . .dxe4 4 Nxe4, the position is identical whether White had played 3 Nd2 or 3 Nc3. I would tend to agree with your comment as regards the Rubinstein; I don't think that Black has any real advantage from taking on e4.
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c5 2:30 Open system exd5
Qxd5 4:50
dxc4 8:20
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Be7 Morozevich 10:45
Nc6 14:20 Guimard
a6 Modern defence 16:27
Main line 18:00
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Main line: 17:55
I really love the French Defense! Thank you
Great to hear that. No problem! I don't like it at all, but I think every e4 player has to know it to survive, even if he never plays it himself.
Yes, and a very good step by step explanation for the variations.
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@hanging Pawn you are a great teacher for EndGame and Openings . One suggestion from my side please arrange the openings and Defense videos in the order of the popularity so that we can learn what is most important first !
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In the beginning of the main line after e5 Nd7, due to more recent computer analysis the immediate f4+Ndf3+c3+g3 variations are considered totally crushing for white. I really recommend playing the open system if you think that your opponent is booked up well. Some of the main tabia are:
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7
5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6
9. g3 Be7 10. Kf2 g5 11. fxg5 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5
13. Kg2 Nc6 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. b4
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7
5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6
9. g3 f6 10. Bh3 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Kg2 fxe5
13. fxe5 Ndxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qe2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7
5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3 cxd4
9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 g5 11. fxg5 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5
13. Kg2 Nc6 14. Nf3 Bf8 15. b4
White is winning in all. Reminds me of the Sicilian Four Knights Exchange, but even better for white.
Thank you for this analysis. Once again proving that the Tarrasch can be very aggressive as well!
in your first line you're literally hanging the d4 pawn after 9.g3.... 9.Nb3 or Nb1 is required
This is one of the best chess channels. Thanks for sharing your knowledge in such a didactical and comprehensive way.
Man, this is beautiful, !
Haha, thanks:D
I think the modern variation is more playable "For me"
there's the early tempo of a6, and there's still time to break the center from c5 and f6
You're doing GREAT!
Thanks you! I'm happy you got to learn something new! The modern seems interesting, yeah. I +m sure not many players with white will know the theory.
Time saver: the 3...dxe4 line just transposes to the Rubinstein Variation in the Paulsen Variation.
Thank you for your nice explanations on this variation.
Move 7. Ngf3 is actually a very interesting move. It's a pawn sacrifice which is kind of poisoned since white can get good attacking positions where black can easily be surprised using rooks on the c-file, queen via a4 to g4, and in some cases even bishop sacrifices on h7. Would be nice to see a video about that :)
which variation?
@@lelandp17The closed system with f6
Thank you so much for putting this tutorial together. I wouldn't play the French as black, as I love the Caro-Kann, but as you say, you need to know how to play against it as white if you are an e4 player which I am. Love you tutorials.
3:02 exd5 isn't the only move. Ngf3 is almost as popular as far as i'm aware.
Sure...but it pretty much just transposes, no?
c3 (aka suchting line) is also playable, I think
@@kylen6430 not always
...Qd6 is not the «only» move in the open system, ...Qd7 and ...Qd8 are fully respectable, too!
Great video HP Thank you!
No problem! Thank you for watching!
3:05 its not the only move i like nf3
😀 yay more French 😁
Use it wisely:D
Knight g to f3 in the mainline is actually pretty good and scores the best. Tal himself played it. You can sac your D pawn and the position is loosing for black if he is to greedy and grabs a seccond pawn and equal if he knows what he is doing.
7.Ngf3 is perfectly playable. So much so in fact that black now a days rarely even plays 7...Qb6 to win the pawn because white simply gambits the pawn and gets an incredible initiative, way more than enough compensation for the pawn. 7.Ne2 is the main line, but it doesn't mean 7.Ngf3 isn't playable, because it is. Even people like Magnus, Kasparov and Caruana have all also tried the tarrasch with Ngf3 at some point in their careers.
Yep. Unfortunately his videos are more surface level than the accent and confidence would forecast😅
I'm a bit confused about 3...c5. You say that the white has to continue with exd5, but I've been learning off of Andreas Tzermiadianos' "How to beat the French Defense - The essential guide to the Tarrasch" and the line given in response to 3...c5 is 4.Ngf3. Also when I put the move in stockfish it gives Ngf3 as the top move.
yeah i was wondering why he left that out too
I do play Ngf3 in the mainline Tarrasch because I go for the Korchnoi gambit which even Kasparov has used in classical games
3... c5 4. exd5 is the only move. 4. Ngf3: am i a joke to you?
Yeah in my opinion the Euwe kere's line is a lot more fun then commiting to taking on d5, although you have to be prepared to go into some gambit lines and be down a pawn in some situations I think white gets ample compensation in those lines
C3 is also a balanced line
@@idunoh1902c3 is a passive move by white and will just get a less than desirable IQP position for white if black is prepped. 4.Ngf3 is probably the best attempt to get some wild positions and punish blacks for delaying castling so long.
I think after Ngf3, Nf6 transposes so some lines of the Closes Variation
i hope to play that tricky line at the end one day. looks insanely sharp!
Main line 17:59
23:37 why don't just queen takes c1 after knight e6?
Because Knight takes rook comes with check so after Qxc1, Nxf8+
3...dxe4 and we have a Rubinstein against this or 3. Nc3 (saves prep).
Can you do a video on 3.... h6 against Nd2 variation by white?
Why Ngf3? Why not f4 and only then Ngf3 expanding on the king side and initiating an attack?
after ...c5, Nf3 is now the #1 move by masters, and both pawns are covered. Update!
So... all endgames after the classic 3.Nf6 for black are bad (if both sides play correctly). I even checked the database and the classic variant for black is devastating... strange, because the main line should be solid, and the statistics say something completely different.
I don't think that you have been totally consistent in your evaluation of the move 3 . . . dxe4. When analyzing the Rubinstein Variation, you said it was not "the most fighting way" to play the French ruclips.net/video/THkLmg9vmv0/видео.html. When you spoke of the "sideline" 3 . . . dxe4 in this video, you said "this is a great fighting way for Black to play." 8:57. Of course, after 3 . . .dxe4 4 Nxe4, the position is identical whether White had played 3 Nd2 or 3 Nc3. I would tend to agree with your comment as regards the Rubinstein; I don't think that Black has any real advantage from taking on e4.
Why not Qd8 We must play Qd6 in tarash
At 28:33 how does white proceed if Ke8?