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smartens
I generally dislike playing white against the french. I have an attacking style (open positions, tactics, etc) and i've previously been playing the advance variation against the french, which becomes rather boring in my opinion. Anyone have any good suggestions for some new lines to look at? I really enjoy playing gambits if anyone has any of those. So far I've found this as a possibility (i enjoy immortalgamer's games) but if anyone else has any suggestions, please let me know.
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ericmittens
Indeed, Nc3 is your best bet for an interesting game.
Against 3...Nf6 (the classical) I would suggest the Steinitz-Boleslavsky line with 4.e5 and 5.f4 followed by castling queenside and a kingside pawnstorm. The positions are very sicilian-like only the center is blocked.
Against the winawer the mainline Qg4 stuff is the most exciting and attacking. Learn a bit of theory and enjoy the rich positions that follow.
Against 3...dxe4 just castle long and play for a kingside initiative. These are the only boring lines you'll really have to worry about but you'll always have a pleasant edge here.
bigmac30
Nc3 is probably your best chance of advantage if black plays the classical then you can choose between the steinitz and the alekhine-chartard attack. If the winawer you should play the main line with 7.Qg4 with an attack. If the rubinstein there's no really sharp line...
you would real recomend the fingef slip wariation
also you really have to know what you are doing with the alikine charted attack
Yea the Alekhine-Chatard Attack is a good choice if you prefer to opt for 4.Bg5 instead of e5, it's a matter of taste. Although with 4.Bg5 you have to be prepared to play against the MacCutcheon, which is not to everyone's taste.
rollingpawns
Of course if Black castles kingside or stays in the center in Alekhine-Chatard Attack, it gets under fire. But what if Black escapes to the queenside - I first saw this idea in GM Bareev's game - Nc6, Nb6, Bd7 and O-O-O. Maximum White can get on the kingside is it's sacrificed pawn back, that's it, meanwhile Black has a good attack on the queenside against the king with Kb8, Rc8, Na5 and c5. The stats are somewhat better for Black in these lines and I would consider this plan almost a refutation of Alekhine-Chatard attack.
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