Search through more than 3,000 opening lines to find the perfect chess opening for you. Welcome to the french defence chess opening after 1. Among my favorite books on the french are tim hardings ancient the classical frenchwhich was published in 1993. Black blocks in their lightsquared bishop, but gains a solid pawn chain and counterattacking possibilities. It includes updated commentary, and an index of names to games. A list of chess books devoted to french defence opening, divided by colour, variation and readers playing. In this book, international master cyrus lakdawala invites you to join him in studying the french defense, classical variation, which is a popular choice among chess players of all levels. This expanded version matches the 2016 paperback edition. We offer the widest selection of french defense chess books at the.
This book combines a worldclass approach to the french, with a startingout guide that introduces the opening to those of you who never touched the french. What are books about the french defence which feature a black. He has since updated it with several volumes that all have excellent content but are not friendly to the novice. Chess openings and book moves search through more than 3,000 opening lines to find the perfect chess opening for you.
In this book, renowned author cyrus lakdawala creates a repertoire for black and navigates through the main lines of the french, providing the. The french defence is considered to be one of blacks most reliable answers to 1 e4. You possibly mean johns watsons play the french iv, which, unlike the first three editions of the book, is rather a poor one. The complete french by lev psakhis was a singlevolume, very dense book which covers the main variations. Shop for french defense chess books at us chess federation sales. A complete black repertoire nikita vitiugov on amazon. So far a book line, with a slight edge for white because black has ceded the center to some extent. He writes a column on the french defence for the prestigious site, and produces weekly video lectures for chess.
Hi have read books by john french and simon williams. The french defense is named after a 1834 correspondence game between the cities of london and paris, in. Explore openings variations and find matching master chess games to study. I reply, me too, revisiting memories of my own opening variation frustration. Lakdawala examines in detail the important and commonly played lines, including the steinitz, mccutcheon and burn variations. International master john watson is an awardwinning author and one of the worlds leading chess writers. In this, the second of three volumes, gm john shaw turns the analytical spotlight on the french defense, advocating his own favorite weapon for white, the tarrasch variation. Ive looked in my chessbase mega database and on chess tempo games database and here is what i found out. The author tells stories and explains the chess opening strategy.
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