i think you should stop playing french and lay somethingelse
How to get good with French Defense
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Your win percentage with 1. e4 e6 as Black is 37% White win and 55% Black (you) win. From 49 games.
It think you should keep playing it, although your stats after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 is like 70% White win and 30% Black win. In all other variation, you are completely winning. So keep studying.
Unfortunately I dont know anything about advance variation, but hope the stats could help.
It think you should keep playing it, although your stats after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 is like 70% White win and 30% Black win. In all other variation, you are completely winning. So keep studying.
Unfortunately I dont know anything about advance variation, but hope the stats could help.
@TheObchessedOne Thank you for the stats!
May 2, 2018
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#5
If you are 1300 USCF, then look at @FishEyedFool 's General principles. You can find them on tons of the opening related forum and possibly this one in the future 
At 1300, openings will not help, play by general principles and do not blunder- if that were ever easy, then you will boost your rating by several hundred points in no time!
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how do you post a game?
According to opening explorer you are doing well aside from the advance variation. On move 5 you should play either Qb6 or bd7. You played bd7 a couple times but you missed a tactic when your opponent made a mistake. Someone played Bb5 against you which loses a pawn. You can now play Nxe5!!. If he takes the time to take the knight then his bishop hangs. If he takes your bishop with check then your knight can come back and take the bishop and you are up a pawn and you also got rid of whites space gaining center pawn. A lot of the time in the advance variation white is trying to undermine whites pawn chain at the base or put pressure on it.
May 2, 2018
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#9
weaker players tend to not play well vs lines where the opponent gets a space advantage, especially since in the advanced variation of the french the extra space can often translate to an attack on the kingside.
what you must understand of positions like that is that black must play dynamically to compensate for the lack of space. this means, to attack the center with all you have. namely attack the d4 pawn via, nc6 qb6 etc, and sometimes attacking the chain directly via f6 (you must be careful in knowing when playing f6 is ok vs when its weakening) The last thing you want in these lines is for black to start aimlessly trading pieces into a bad endgame with the bad light squared bishop or for black to not get by to doing much and getting mated on the kingside.
ok thank you for pointing out that mistake!
May 3, 2018
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#11
<Putting on broken record>
<SIGH>....
Once again...i took a look at your last 5 games with black playing the French Defense. In all 5 games you lost for the following reasons:
Didn't follow opening principles.
Gave away material.
Missed simple tactics.
But you go ahead and keep studying openings. I need to know when to quit...
how do you post games?
sry bad example
This is an example of a game I lost. Can you guys try to find what mistakes I made in the game?
6.Nxd4? Nxe5! wins a pawn and destroys White's centre.
I started experimenting with the French about a month ago. I love playing against the Advance variation; it's much easier to crack than the Tarrasch in my opinion. Take the pawn after c5 and bring the Knight to c6. After developing ( your opponent can kick around pieces temporarily), you can open things up and counter attack with a break with f6.
On the second game you posted
7....Bd7 is what I play in these situations, trying to get the rook to c8 quickly. The c-file is as critical to black in the French as it is in the Sicilian.
11.....Nc6 is better. After that you're just down the exchange.
It takes some time getting used to but the French is worth it--stay with it. And if 3.Nc3 doesn't give you problems, then this block you have with 3.e5 is temporary, because Nc3 is the much stronger move. Just remember one thing as you gain experience with the French--castling is overrated. Some of the Winawer lines will convince you of that. Hope this helps.
yeah I just noticed I missed some tactics so I will improve on that.
So I am about 1300 USCF rating and I chose to play the French Defense as black. I am having trouble with the line 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5. after this part in the opening I tend to lose a lot of games and I don't know what I am doing wrong. I have looked in the anylasis on chess.com and have tried to study the line, but I never seem improve. Should I just keep on trying to play the line in the French Defense or should I just quit?
If anyone is good and would like to share tips with me please message me or leave your comments down below.