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Gennady Kuzmin is another expert.
Ulhman only played the french defense.
Feb 23, 2014
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#27
I played the French against Kingscrusher in a London pub. I think he crushed me. We played several blitz games that night and I didn't lose all of them.
pfren wrote:
You forget Sascha Grischuk and Wesley So.
First let's see how he does at the 2700+ level.
AngeloPardi wrote:
Ulhman only played the french defense.
That's not true. He has also played the King's Indian and the Queen's Gambit on occasion.
Rarely does he play the English.
Was Moskalenko mentioned?
He has written some of the best books on the French, so I would guess he is an expert.
Radjabov gave up on the French in 2004. He used it again in 2012, got blown away, and gave it up again. It's like an addiction.
Feb 24, 2014
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#32
I believe Yury Shulman plays alot of french as well (He came to my college to play a simul)
Yuri Shulman
You can say that again.
Mikhail Gurevich, 182 French defense games listed at chessgames.com .He played it his whole career.
+1 regarding Gurevich.
I like looking at Emmanuel Berg's games too. And Lpultian when I'm looking for blood on the board.
Geza Maroczy
Botvinnik
From a long time ago: Tarrasch.
For very positional games: Ulf Andersson.
Less long ago: Yusupov.