This has got to be the most moronic and asinine thing I have every heard in my life about the French Defense.
Avoid Action? SHEESH! You are clueless if you think the French avoids action. While I lost the following game yesterday (missing a win in time trouble), you can't even begin to tell me that there is no action here.
The entire game is utter insanity! More action than you'd EVER get in a Dragon or Najdorf! Anybody that says the French lacks action, or the French is dull, or anything of the like is utterly clueless about the French, probably know nothing about the French beyond the first couple of moves, probably plays the Exchange Variation as White if they ever face it, and have no business uttering such nonsense!
Oh, and I might add, with one no-show, everyone had a bye 1 round, and so while I had a bye in round 1, the following game in the second round was with another opening that isn't exactly stereotyped as being wild, but once again, check for yourself! Those that stereotype any opening as dull completely lack imagination in chess!
You're missing my point, I'm talking about the choices black have. As black you can surely generate a lot of active play if you wish however OP sought a passive closed game (in fact: he wants white to be barely able to move a single piece) and would welcome the exchange variation for this reason, contrary to some french players who find it frustrating though it is not risky for them.
You are wrong again!
First off, the OP has not been here for years, and it was like 8 to 9 years ago.
Second, he asked about closed, not dull. Not the same thing.
Third, it was not Black's choice alone that insanity occurred. In fact, there is no way to totally force a lack of action. Even 6.Bxe7 instead of 6.h4 can be crazy, but 6.h4 tends to be crazier.
Fourth, even in ultra-closed positions, like the Advance French, the most closed of all French lines along with the Winawer, there is no way for White to not have active moves.
All closing the center does is move the action to the wings.
Your statement that the French is a boring, closed position just goes to show what little you know, and then to say that action is avoided with 1.d4 is also utter stupidity. Just because the London System or Colle System do not lead to chaos in the first 10 moves of the game like the Latvian Gambit may does not make chaos avoidable.
And the French is no different. For White to get an advantage in the French, he must close the center as there is no advantage after 3.exd5, but that does not mean there is no action. The board is 8 files wide, not 2, and white has tons of activity in the French, especially on the f-, g-, and h-files! There are even some rare cases that he gets queenside play, particularly down the c-file, or a passed a-pawn.
You can try to twist what you said all you want. It is utterly wrong in all ways no matter what!
This has got to be the most moronic and asinine thing I have every heard in my life about the French Defense.
Avoid Action? SHEESH! You are clueless if you think the French avoids action. While I lost the following game yesterday (missing a win in time trouble), you can't even begin to tell me that there is no action here.
The entire game is utter insanity! More action than you'd EVER get in a Dragon or Najdorf! Anybody that says the French lacks action, or the French is dull, or anything of the like is utterly clueless about the French, probably know nothing about the French beyond the first couple of moves, probably plays the Exchange Variation as White if they ever face it, and have no business uttering such nonsense!
Oh, and I might add, with one no-show, everyone had a bye 1 round, and so while I had a bye in round 1, the following game in the second round was with another opening that isn't exactly stereotyped as being wild, but once again, check for yourself! Those that stereotype any opening as dull completely lack imagination in chess!
You're missing my point, I'm talking about the choices black have. As black you can surely generate a lot of active play if you wish however OP sought a passive closed game (in fact: he wants white to be barely able to move a single piece) and would welcome the exchange variation for this reason, contrary to some french players who find it frustrating though it is not risky for them.