A bit dry, but I still think this is good material for a player who doesn't want to devote a lot of time to this specific opening variation. Nevertheless, the content offers good ideas and main motives for Black in the Advanse Caro-Kann.
Questio...
The video is made of an online live chess lesson, featuring a student with around 1900/2000 ChessCom/Lichess rating points, whose fascinating voice and comments add a special flavor to the session in general.
By watching the video, you can learn...
The article in front should be useful mainly to those who are:
beginner level players
intermediate level players
French Defense players
Focal points:
thinking process
activity of pieces
space advantage
coordination
compensation for material
stra...
Note: This article is aimed to help players with rating below 1300 to understand first moves and basic ideas behind the French defense (1. e4 e6).
Let us think logical for a while. At first sight, it's obvious that 1...e6 allows White to take con...
I call it "Maxa system" because my first coach, IM Branimir Maksimović (whose nickname is "Maxa"), was - and probably still is - well-known "french", who always played this 5...Nge7 line. I accepted the same concept of repertoire, so french and Ng...