The French Defence is characterised by 1.e4 e6.
Latest video: This highly instructive video, a French Defence between GM Michael Adams and WGM Elisabeth Paehtz looks at the concept of access paths to an exploitable weakness.
Videos:
- French Defence – Part 1
- French Defence – Part 2
- French Defence Lesson Part 1
- French Defence Lesson Part 2
- The Winawer French Defence, Poisoned Pawn Variation
- Fischer against the French Defence
Videos: Games
- Adams vs Paehtz 2012 French Defence – exploring access paths
- Tal vs Korchnoi, French Winawer
- Hort vs Petrosian, French Winawer
- French Defence Winawer Poisoned Pawn, Matulovic vs Zinn, Part 1
- French Defence Winawer Poisoned Pawn, Matulovic vs Zinn, Part 2
- Tal vs Strelkov, Riga 1949
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