Play the French

Play the French

by John Watson
Play the French

Play the French

by John Watson

Paperback(Fourth Edition)

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Overview

The wait is over. Finally it’s here... the much anticipated 4th edition of John Watson’s Play the French  – the must-have book for all French Defence players for over 20 years!


Watson’s highly acclaimed work presents a repertoire for Black in the French Defence against all of White’s recognized options. Just as in previous editions, Watson often arms the reader with not just one but sometimes two – or even three choices – against the main lines. He also provides a thorough grounding on the positional and tactical aspects of the opening and outlines the typical plans for both White and Black. Watson is renowned for his creativity and expertise in the opening, and once again this edition features an abundance of innovative ideas for Black. Watson also provides an update of many other lines he considered in previous editions.
 
* A French Defence repertoire for Black
* State-of-the-art coverage of the key lines
* Packed with new ideas and critical analysis

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781857446807
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Publication date: 09/18/2012
Edition description: Fourth Edition
Pages: 432
Product dimensions: 6.60(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

International Master John Watson is an award-winning author and one of the world's leading chess writers. He writes a column on the French Defence for the prestigious site ChessPublishing.com, and produces weekly video lectures for Chess.FM at the Internet Chess Club.

Table of Contents

Bibliography4
Introduction5
1Advance Variation: Introduction7
2Advance Variation: 5...[Bishop]d719
3Advance Variation: 5...[King]b636
4King's Indian Attack55
5Exchange Variation70
6Tarrasch Variation: Introduction and 3...c581
7Tarrasch Variation: 3...[Bishop]e7101
8Winawer Variation: Fourth Move Alternatives121
9Winawer Variation: Fifth Move Alternatives154
10Winawer Variation: Main Line with 7 [King]g4175
11Winawer Variation: Positional Lines192
12Winawer Variation: Black Plays 6...[King]c7212
13Classical Variation: 4 e5227
14Classical Variation: 4 [Bishop]g5 (4...dxe4 5 [Knight]xe4 [Bishop]e7)246
15Odds and Ends256
Index of Variations264
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