Play the French Defense

Learn the French as an Attacking weapon on White!

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Curriculum

French Defense: About the Course Welcome to this engaging chess course designed to delve into the intricacies and hidden gems of the French Defense. This course covers not only the key strategies and plans for both sides but also explores some unconventional and surprising variations that can catch your opponents off guard. Ideal for players aiming to strengthen their play against sub-2000 level opponents, this course will provide you with the knowledge and tools to dominate with this chess opening. What You’ll Learn

The Essence of the Opening: Understand why this opening is called the French Defense, and grasp its foundational principles and strategic concepts.
Key Strategies and Plans: Learn the essential strategies and plans for both sides in the French Defense, ensuring a solid grasp of typical pawn structures and piece placements.
Unconventional Variations: Explore outside-the-box variations and non-standard plans that deviate from typical lines, giving you an edge over less-prepared opponents.
Practical Techniques for Sub-2000 Levels: Learn practical techniques and strategies specifically tailored to defeating opponents below the 2000 rating level, focusing on common mistakes and effective counterplay.

Our teaching is based on our unique experience in the french defense, and provides excellent setups to many differenet lines that you will face. You can really build an entire opening repertoire around this opening as an answer to 1.e4. We hope you will delve into this course and improve your chess and your openings knowledge. Other great courses like this on our site: French Defense Model Games Smash the French! (Up to 1800 Level) AND as we always suggest, play tons of games to practice this opening on lichess.org.

Also please explore our deep article: French Defense for Beginners: Reasons for Beginners to Choose

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