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WGM Abrahamyan concludes her coverage of the main lines of the Winawer this weekend. She discusses the critical maneuvers black must undertake on the queenside, especially in the variations where black has managed a trade off of the light-squared bishops. As she has in each previous video, Tatev holds nothing back in revealing her own preparation and when giving her opinions of all the most interesting ideas in the French Defense. | Watch video
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Making her Chess.com Video Author debut today is Women's Grandmaster Tatev Abrahamyan! There isn't a better "lead off topic" in the world for Tatev than a series describing all the ins and outs of one of black's most common, and dangerous weapons against 1.e4: The French Defense! With this series Tatev is recommending a repertoire for the black pieces, as well as offering her one of a kind insight and knowledge. Enjoy! | Watch video
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The Tiger Returns today with another great video lecture in his series about opening play for the beginner level! Today he discusses a dynamic and main line weapon for black against 1.e4: The French Defense! Lilov explains more principles that beginner players must know and apply in the first stage of a chess game, and he dives into the details of the French along the way. Enjoy! | Watch video
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Today's game displays an obscure variation of the French Defense, and though white makes a positional mistake (the unnecessary capture with Bxg6) -- as Dzindzi explains, black's sins were much worse! Watch as white establishes a strong outpost on d6, continues to bring in the major pieces along the c and d files, and finishes the game off in style (though it couldn't have been better). | Watch video
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Grandmaster Khachiyan delivers yet another gem of a video lecture today, reviewing one of his own recent victories and highlighting many critical "dos and don'ts" of the French Defense and the pawn structure therein. He focuses on providing examples of which points to target in black's position. He also explains in logical fashion what his opponent misunderstood about the position and why he chose bad plans. | Watch video