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Thunder7

So recently I have been finding many problems facing the French defence can anyone suggest a few good choices 

Fayez58

Just exchange the pawns

HarryMaguire-05

Exchange pawns Nf3

tejassingh1234

https://youtu.be/5pec-u6PSvA

will help you

 

Thunder7

Bro I want something against it 

tejassingh1234

ok

tejassingh1234

with black i usually play e6 b6

ricorat

Play the KIA! It's great fun and easy to memorize! later on you will play Qd2, h4 to h5 to h6, Nf1 to h2 to g4!, maybe push you g pawn and move your king to h1 so youcan play Rg1! I hated the French until I started playing this!

Lud6969
DarkNightK1 wrote:

So recently I have been finding many problems facing the French defence can anyone suggest a few good choices 

Lol i loveee the french i play it all the time but if u want an advantage vs it play the advanced variation most of. The super gms play it and i lose a lot when someone plays the advance 

ricorat
Lud6969 wrote:
DarkNightK1 wrote:

So recently I have been finding many problems facing the French defence can anyone suggest a few good choices 

Lol i loveee the french i play it all the time but if u want an advantage vs it play the advanced variation most of. The super gms play it and i lose a lot when someone plays the advance 

Hmmm.... I always have thought the advance is very comfortable for black tbh. I don't play the French much though so idk lol

Thunder7

Ngl the advance is considered garbage at gm level cause black equalizes on move 4 with c5

ricorat
DarkNightK1 wrote:

Ngl the advance is considered garbage at gm level cause black equalizes on move 4 with c5

I think 3.Nc3 is considered the "best" way to play against it but, I didn't love it

Thunder7

Thanks @verylate I will do so 

HarryMaguire-05

noooooo he closed

ThrillerFan
50MovesRule wrote:

Sometimes using an opening line that your opponent may not know will be very helpful

 

Problem with that theory is, if they do know it, that line is garbage.  Even worse than the regular exchange; and the best White can get is a direct transposition to the Exchange with 4.c4 if 4.d4 instead of 4.cxd5?!.

 

If you want an effective way to fight the French without going thru reams and reams of 3.Nc3 theory, the Advance Variation is the way to go.  Pick up a book on the Advance French (I would recommend Sveshnikov's updated book by New In Chess, published I believe in 2017 or 2018).

 

Speaking as a life long French player and having played it between 500 and 1000 times over the board, I can easily tell you all about each of White's Options in order from best to worst:

 

3.Nc3 - White's best option, but VERY heavy in theory.  The Winawer Poisoned Pawn alone might as well be the Najdorf Sicilian!

 

3.e5 - This used to be thought of as fruitless until around 2006/2007 when many new ideas came, about 90% of them benefiting White - I do not recommend reading books on the Advance French from before 2007!

 

King's Indian Attack - Very tricky, but White also has to be brave and trust his attack.  A properly timed a2-a3 should be his only defensive queenside move.  Otherwise, the White Queenside could eventually rip to shreds, but the idea is that you figure to have his King by the time Black is ready to toll the pawns and promote.  Knowledge is a huge necessity here!  I get many easy wins as Black because White has no idea what he is doing, not because it is bad.  I lost to a 2300 player in a KIA vs French in 2018 (my last loss in this line).

 

Tarrasch - If Black is willing to play an IQP position, this line is nothing more than equal!  If Black plays any of the other lines, especially 3...Nf6, White can get a nagging edge.

 

Exchange - Here Black, have yourself half a point!  Case in point!  I have not lost a game in the exchange French in a time control of G/60 or longer since 2013!  I lost once in a G/30 on 1/1/2020 in severe time trouble, and even there, I was significantly better, between -1 and -1.5 according to artificial intelligence.  Long story short, avoid this line!  For any REAL chess players that understand what they are doing and do not whine about symmetrical positions, this is a French player's wet dream!  Thank you for Opening my Bishop!

 

2.b3, 2.c4, 2.Nf3 (Wing Gambit) - Tricky, but garbage if Black knows what he is doing.  Any French player with an OTB rating of 1800 or higher, assume they know those lines!

ThrillerFan
ricorat wrote:

Play the KIA! It's great fun and easy to memorize! later on you will play Qd2, h4 to h5 to h6, Nf1 to h2 to g4!, maybe push you g pawn and move your king to h1 so youcan play Rg1! I hated the French until I started playing this!

 

Too many mistakes for Black in your line.

 

6...Be7 and 7...O-O before expanding with 8...b5

 

10...Qb6 is too committal and a mistake.  10...a5 intending 11...b4, 12...Ba6, and then it all depends on what White does on his 13th move, the move that drives the variation.