French Tarrasch
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PicklePawn926
May 14, 2017
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Hey guys, my first post here. I've been interested in the Tarrasch French lately and I wanna prepare a line of the Tarrasch against my French Defence coach. What do u guys think is the most solid French Tarrasch line? Thank you for any help!
May 14, 2017
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PicklePawn926 wrote:
Hey guys, my first post here. I've been interested in the Tarrasch French lately and I wanna prepare a line of the Tarrasch against my French Defence coach. What do u guys think is the most solid French Tarrasch line? Thank you for any help!
As one that has played the French for years on end, and being a 2100 player over the board, I can safely tell you that the Tarrasch is not White's best line at all. Black gets fairly easy equality with 3...c5 in particular. Evgeny Sveshnikov harshly considers the French a mistake - obviously I don't agree with that - but he also labels the Tarrasch as "an error", which I do agree with.
What I would recommend you play depends on your desire to spend years on end studying what to do against the French versus having a sound line against it and still be able to get an advantage out of the position.
If you are willing to spend the next 5 years of your life on the French, play 3.Nc3
If you prefer not to spend the next 5 years of your life on the French, play 3.e5
A new book is actually coming out on the latter this summer!
And again, as one that plays the French as Black numerous times along with having played 3.Nc3, 3.Nd2, and 3.e5 as White, I can safely say that 3.Nd2 and 3.exd5 give White ZERO advantage with correct play by Black, and that 3.Nc3 and 3.e5 both give Black problems - different in nature from each other, but both lead to problems for Black all the same!
May 15, 2017
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Tiviakov in his lastest chessbase dvd on tarrasch considers 3...a6, 3....d5xe4 and 3...c5 4pxp Qxp as the most solid lines for black. Strangely not 4...pxp 5Nf3 Nf6 who would have thought this?!
The book Fighting the French: A New Concept by GM Denis Yevseev ( I suspect he understands chess a wee bit better than ThrillerFan) is one of the best openings' books published the last years. It advocates the Tarrasch in a pretty unusual way, which requires no memorization: All white has to know is handling typical IQP positions.
Highly recommended, as far as I'm concerned: This is a book about chess and practical play, not about endless strings of variations.
https://www.newinchess.com/Fighting_the_French__A_New_Concept-p-7011.html
May 15, 2017
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#7
I've seen games where Black played 3 . . . h6 against the Tarrasch. Can someone explain to me the point of this move?
May 15, 2017
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#8
pfren wrote:
The book Fighting the French: A New Concept by GM Denis Yevseev ( I suspect he understands chess a wee bit better than ThrillerFan)
LMAO IM pfren is unable to make a single post without bashing someone. 
Yigor έγραψε:
pfren wrote:
The book Fighting the French: A New Concept by GM Denis Yevseev ( I suspect he understands chess a wee bit better than ThrillerFan)
LMAO IM pfren is unable to make a single post without bashing someone.
Nope... only ignorant guys. And they usually like it.
May 15, 2017
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pfren wrote:
Yigor έγραψε:
pfren wrote:
The book Fighting the French: A New Concept by GM Denis Yevseev ( I suspect he understands chess a wee bit better than ThrillerFan)
LMAO IM pfren is unable to make a single post without bashing someone.
Nope... only ignorant guys. And they usually like it.
Too much pretentious. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven, - Jesus Christ.
May 15, 2017
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#12
It's not the effective quantity of knowledges (especially in a game theory) that counts but the attitude. Someone, who considers his/her neigbours being ignorant, is definitely the most ignorant of all. 
May 15, 2017
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#13
jengaias: I said it not to U (I think that U understand the meaning of word humble) but to those here who overinflated their ego, continuously boasting and trying to bash others in all posts.
May 15, 2017
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#14
jengaias: Yes, the ignorance in various domains is a common fact. But it's not really important as far as this ignorance doesn't concern the serious metaphysical aspects of human's destiny like good/evil, the life, death, afterlife and so on.
May 16, 2017
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#15
I hate to break this to you Yigor but in a chess forum, people are more interested in those with chess knowledge. Your instant judgements of which lines are "optimal" based on database stats, or software numbers are more comical than useful to experienced chess players.
TwoMove wrote:
I hate to break this to you Yigor but in a chess forum, people are more interested in those with chess knowledge. Your instant judgements of which lines are "optimal" based on database stats, or software numbers are more comical than useful to experienced chess players.
So then the question is where did Yigor do that in this particular thread? He did it with regards to a Sicilian line in another thread, but I'm not sure why this is being brought up here
May 16, 2017
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#17
No Yigor didn't make the "optimal" argument in this thread but there are many where he did. Here just questioned the contribution of an IM.
May 16, 2017
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#18
TwoMove wrote:
I hate to break this to you Yigor but in a chess forum, people are more interested in those with chess knowledge. Your instant judgements of which lines are "optimal" based on database stats, or software numbers are more comical than useful to experienced chess players.
U shouldn't speak for everybody, who is interested in what etc. This is not a chess academy where there are only professors and students but a general game site with all kinds of players. AFAIK it's not forbidden by chess.com to be comical. 
If a starter of any thread is not interested in my "optimal" comments, he/she can just tell me and I'll stop to post in that thread. It's as simple as two cents.
May 16, 2017
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#19
By all means carry on, they are a great laugh. If by the off chance you were attempting to be helpful, which I thought unlikely, you now know arn't, at least to me.