11
Total lessons
4
Hours of video
0
Exercises
Improver
Level
PGN-Files
Available
About the course
The French Defense is one of the fundamental openings and a common defensive strategy against white's first move 1.e4. This opening is characterized by the following opening moves: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5, white claims the center, while black challenges the e4-pawn. Based from this position, several continuations will be analyzed for both sides to deepen your knowledge. The major topics that we’re going to look at is of course the Advance Variation which is when white advances his pawn by playing 3.e5. We will also discuss white's option to capture black's d5 pawn, which is the so-called Exchange Variation. Other popular lines like the Steinitz Variation, the Burn Variation , the Winawer Variation, the Rubinstein Variation and the Tarrasch Variation will also be analyzed in detail. Discussing typical opening traps that can arise in the French Defense completes the course of the French Defense.
If you like the sound of it and you want to add the French Defense to your repertoire, please join and let’s get ready to begin.
This course is intended for all players, from beginners to advanced players with a FIDE rating of 1000-2000+ ELO. A complete set of PGNs of everything covered in this course can be downloaded and will help you to analyze it at your own pace and convenience.
Course structure
Lesson 1
Introduction
13:15
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Introduction13:15
- 0 Exercises
- PGN Files and Summary
Lesson 2
The Advance Variation
36:44
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The Advance Variation36:44
- 0 Exercises
- PGN Files and Summary
Lesson 3
The Exchange Variation
18:32
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The Exchange Variation18:32
- 0 Exercises
- PGN Files and Summary
Lesson 4
Steinitz Variation
25:31
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Steinitz Variation25:31
- 0 Exercises
- PGN Files and Summary
Lesson 5
The Burn Variation
22:18
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The Burn Variation22:18
- 0 Exercises
- PGN Files and Summary
Lesson 6
The Winawer Variation
27:48
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The Winawer Variation27:48
- 0 Exercises
- PGN Files and Summary
Lesson 7
The Paulsen Variation
23:21
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The Paulsen Variation23:21
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- PGN Files and Summary
Lesson 8
The Tarrasch Variation - Closed Variation
23:13
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The Tarrasch Variation - Closed Variation23:13
- 0 Exercises
- PGN Files and Summary
Lesson 9
The Tarrasch Variation - Open Variation
14:24
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The Tarrasch Variation - Open Variation14:24
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- PGN Files and Summary
Lesson 10
The Rubinstein Variation
16:27
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The Rubinstein Variation16:27
- 0 Exercises
- PGN Files and Summary
Lesson 11
Common Traps in the French Defense
16:17
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Common Traps in the French Defense16:17
- 0 Exercises
- PGN Files and Summary
IM Andrey Ostrovskiy
International master Andrey Ostrovskiy is a professional chess player and offers professional chess training. During his chess career he has won several national and international events like the victory of the Vasylyshyn Memorial in 2015, which helped him earn his first grandmaster norm. For the last two years he focuses on online chess coaching to improve the chess skills of his students.
2424
ELO
(Peak: 2456)
1737
World Rank
What you’ll learn:
- The Advance Variation
- The Exchange Variation
- The Classical Variation
- The Steinitz Variation
- The Burn Variation
- The Winawer Variation
- The Paulsen Variation
- The Rubinstein Variation
- Common Traps in the French Defense
Target Audience
Improver (ELO 1200-1400)
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