page 1 of 29; games 1-25 of 705  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Mortimer vs Winawer 0-1 51 1883 Tnmt, London C17 French, Winawer, Advance 2. E W Gruer vs Davidson   ½-½ 41 1910 Cal Berkley-Stanford Match C17 French, Winawer, Advance 3. Lasker vs Maroczy 1-0 50 1924 04.-- R20 USA New York NY C17 French, Winawer, Advance 4. Bogoljubov vs G A Thomas   1-0 31 1927 London C17 French, Winawer, Advance 5. Bogoljubov vs K Berg   0-1 45 1927 Scarborough (England) C17 French, Winawer, Advance 6. F Bohatirchuk vs Botvinnik 1-0 40 1927 Moscow ch-SU C17 French, Winawer, Advance 7. Botvinnik vs A Y Model 0-1 47 1927 Moscow ch-URS C17 French, Winawer, Advance 8. O Naegeli vs G Renaud   1-0 25 1927 1st olm final C17 French, Winawer, Advance 9. Y Vilner vs A Y Model   0-1 34 1927 URS-ch05 C17 French, Winawer, Advance 10. L Steiner vs Nimzowitsch 1-0 39 1928 Match C17 French, Winawer, Advance 11. W Schoenmann vs G Nagy   ½-½ 35 1928 Olympiad C17 French, Winawer, Advance 12. D Marotti vs E Jonsson   1-0 55 1928 Olympiad C17 French, Winawer, Advance 13. A Becker vs Marshall   1-0 54 1929 Karlsbad C17 French, Winawer, Advance 14. A Becker vs G A Thomas   ½-½ 64 1929 Karlsbad C17 French, Winawer, Advance 15. Yates vs Sultan Khan 1-0 46 1929 London C17 French, Winawer, Advance 16. Verlinsky vs A Y Model   ½-½ 18 1929 URS-ch06 qf3 C17 French, Winawer, Advance 17. A Brinckmann vs Przepiorka   1-0 58 1929 Budapest C17 French, Winawer, Advance 18. A Bernstein vs N Sorokin   1-0 24 1929 URS-ch06 qf1 C17 French, Winawer, Advance 19. Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch 1-0 30 1930 San Remo C17 French, Winawer, Advance 20. G A Thomas vs Nimzowitsch   ½-½ 45 1930 Liege C17 French, Winawer, Advance 21. L Steiner vs Kashdan   1-0 31 1930 New York m C17 French, Winawer, Advance 22. M Yudovich Sr. vs Botvinnik 0-1 44 1931 Moscow ch-SU C17 French, Winawer, Advance 23. Rubinstein vs A Wojciechowski ½-½ 51 1931 Poznan C17 French, Winawer, Advance 24. Kashdan vs Tartakower ½-½ 62 1932 London C17 French, Winawer, Advance 25. C H Alexander vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 40 1933 Hastings ENG C17 French, Winawer, Advance  page 1 of 29; games 1-25 of 705    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Aug-29-04    Helloween: Here is a nice 5...cxd4?! Winawer miniature of mine: Helloween - TOTAL_chess [C17] 5m + 3s 29.08.2004 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 cxd4?! 6.axb4 dxc3 7.Qg4! cxb2? 8.Bxb2 g6 9.Nf3 Ne7 10.Bd3 Qb6 11.0-0 Nbc6 12.b5 h5 13.Qg5 Nb4 14.Bd4 Qc7 15.Rxa7! Rxa7 16.b6 1-0 See Bogoljubov vs G Danielsson, 1935 for a very similar game in this line. Jan-05-05    dukesterdog2: 5.f4 seems very playable. I'm surprised to find no games in the database where that move has been played. Jan-05-05    pyryk: Dukesterdog2, may I suggest ChessBase's rather comprehensive online database at http://www.chesslive.de/index_d.htm? In this case though, it won't be of much help - there are only 4 games with 5. f4 there. Jan-05-05    dukesterdog2: <pyryk> Thankyou for the link. What a great resource. I have added it to my bookmarks. Aug-12-05    who: I need to kibitz on this game so that I can find the link later. Dec-19-05    chessboyhaha: Hi everyone! I´m interested to study a little of French to my Black repertoire. Someone can indicate a book or a link? Please and thank you. Dec-19-05    suenteus po 147: <chessboyhaha> I have also recently been trying to add the French to my black repertoire. I have no books or links to suggest. I have found though that by playing the French, losing, and then comparing my games against the games found in this database I find improvements much faster and that make more sense than consulting a "how to." Of course, that's just me. There are others who can probably suggest ways that don't involve losing a lot :) Dec-19-05    Bad Star: <chessboyhaha> Play the French (3rd edition) by John Watson Dec-20-05    vampiero: although it is a wonderful book, it is very difficult and i read a review about it that said that nobody below Master should even consider it because its full of variations. Dec-21-05    sitzkrieg: What about this; http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/O... excellent free site for many openings and more. Dec-21-05    Dudley: great sight and I think they have a lot of analysis on the French, but not too much on the Sicilian for Black. Dec-21-05    sitzkrieg: I beg to differ sir; http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/O... http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/O... etcetera. Just have to search a little. Dec-21-05    Dudley: I was aware of that material, but the only variation covered in much depth for Black is the Taiminov-Kan. I love the site and heh-it's free! Jun-03-07    get Reti: What do you guys think of the bishop retreat variation (5. a3 Ba5)? It leads to very lively play after 6.b4 cxd4 7. bxa5 dxc3 8. Qg4 Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh8 Nc6 followed by the capture of white's a pawn. Is it sound? Jun-15-07    New Kasparov: 5 a3 cd! is very very interesting i keep on trying to find a book or theory on it does anything refute it? Jun-15-07    nescio: <New Kasparov: 5 a3 cd! is very very interesting i keep on trying to find a book or theory on it does anything refute it?> 5...cxd4 looks quite playable, but the following convincing game has always been regarded as a model and will have discouraged the masters: [Event "Leningrad ch-URS"] [Site ""] [Date "1933.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rauzer, Vsevolod Alfredovich"] [Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir Alexeevich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C17"] [PlyCount "53"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Qd4 Ne7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qxc3 Qb6 12. b5 d4 13. Qe1 Ne7 14. Qe4 Ng6 15. Re1 O-O 16. b4 Rd8 17. Bb2 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxd4 Qc7 20. Qe3 Nd5 21. Qg5 Nxb4 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. b6 Qd7 24. Rxa7 Nxc2 25. Rd1 Rb8 26. Rd2 Qe8 27. Be5 1-0 Of course an improvement is always possible, but Nunn vs Eingorn, 1990 doesn't look promising either. Jun-18-07    New Kasparov: thanks nescio!however the game with nunn and eingorn has quite a few flaws by black so i still think it is playable

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