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Can anyone recommend some good reading to get started with the French Defense?
Simon Williams Killer French ebook!!!!!
Sep 30, 2017
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I would suggest the 3 books mentioned in post 2. For additional information, I happen to be one of the writers of the Blog for the Charlotte Chess Center, and I am currently writing 7 articles on the French Defense, which all told will have somewhere around 20 to 25 games heavily annotated.
It's still in progress, but the first four of the seven articles are completed. The following URL (Copy and paste to a browser) would take you to the introduction, and then there are links at the bottom of each article. Note that the last 3 don't have the links yet because they aren't done, but you can get started with the first four. The fifth should be published in about a week, the sixth in mid-to-late October, and the last one sometime in November before Thanksgiving.
http://charlottechesscenter.blogspot.com/2017/08/opening-preparation-french-defense.html
The following book is an introduction to the French Defense, targeted to the chess amateur. McDonald is an expert on this defense, and this is an excellent book to learn it from.....
"How To Play Against 1 e4" by Neil McDonald....
https://www.amazon.com/How-Play-Against-1-e4/dp/1857445864/ref=sr_1_22?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1506838262&sr=1-22&keywords=neil+mcdonald+chess
His earlier introductory book, "Mastering the French", while also very good, is out of print, and used copies are exorbitantly priced online.
A recent book: First Steps The French
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7611.pdf
DeirdreSkye wrote:
Viktor Moskalenko's "The Flexible French" is one of the best. ...
If that isn't flexible enough, there is also The Even More Flexible French.
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9010.pdf
Wow thanks so much everyone!
ThrillerFan έγραψε:
I would suggest the 3 books mentioned in post 2. For additional information, I happen to be one of the writers of the Blog for the Charlotte Chess Center, and I am currently writing 7 articles on the French Defense, which all told will have somewhere around 20 to 25 games heavily annotated.
It's still in progress, but the first four of the seven articles are completed. The following URL (Copy and paste to a browser) would take you to the introduction, and then there are links at the bottom of each article. Note that the last 3 don't have the links yet because they aren't done, but you can get started with the first four. The fifth should be published in about a week, the sixth in mid-to-late October, and the last one sometime in November before Thanksgiving.
http://charlottechesscenter.blogspot.com/2017/08/opening-preparation-french-defense.html
Take care fixing part 3 then- because instead of the illogical 15.Bxc4? black is dead meat after either 15.Bg5 or 15.Bc1 (white is material up and ready to castle).
Oct 1, 2017
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DeirdreSkye wrote:
Viktor Moskalenko's "The Flexible French" is one of the best.
He explains a lot of the main ideas and plans without neglecting theory but it's not an easy book to read.It needs serious study.
Neil McDonald's book "Mastering the French" is also a very good book that explains quite detailed the main ideas and plans and focuses on typical games.
Uhlman's book "Winning with the French" is the holy bible of French defense(he is the only one that played only French defense against 1.e4) but it's not a book for beginners.
These 3 books cover everything about French(theory , games , plans , advanced concepts).
Start with McDonald's book.
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