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ghghgh2005-2015

Jul 20, 2017

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Novagames wrote:

The best book is the wikipedia article and chessbase database.he he .

MickinMD

Jul 20, 2017

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SuirenBoid wrote:

For me, Mastering the French by Neil MacDonald is far and away the best book I've read on the french. It isn't terribly new but deals with pawn structures, typical plans and ideas

I also like McDonald's Mastering the French best among the all-variations of the French books. He also has a book completely devoted to the Winawer Variation and another on the Classical and Rubinstein Variations. Someone mentioned Watson's Play the French, 3rd Ed, but neither the 3rd Ed. nor the 4th Ed. cover the Rubinstein Variation at all. I does cover the Winawer in detail.

RajatOO7boss

Jul 20, 2017

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My best book THE ART OF ATTACK only 320 pages

GM KoustavChatterjee1

Oct 29, 2019

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I was reading this old thread for some new books on the French, and couldn't stop from myself from saying this, but if you are going to criticize something, you really should say why you did so.

WCPetrosian

Oct 29, 2019

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I skimmed this thread quickly and did not spot this book mentioned (though perhaps it was), so in case it wasn't ---- in 2014 a book titled The French Defense The Solid Rubinstein Variation by Hannes Langrock was published. It covers the Rubinstein in detail and also covers other white lines against the French Defense that deny black from playing the Rubinstein, such as the Advanced, King's Indian Attack, etc. In 2018 the book was re-published in an expanded edition.