How to treat a King with too much trust in the pawn chain
Reshevsky vs Vaganian, 1976  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 0-1
Nimzowitsch's distinctive style made Kmoch's pastiche possible.
Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927  (C00) French Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Zugzwang in the opening?
P Carreras Mendiolea vs V Bashkite, 2006  (C01) French, Exchange, 63 moves, 0-1
Carlsen vs P Brantzeg, 2000  (C18) French, Winawer, 52 moves, 0-1
Viktor busts Monte Carlo
R Kuijf vs Korchnoi, 1992  (C01) French, Exchange, 31 moves, 0-1
Exquis Knight Ending: WK stalemated on h1 for 25 moves
Tartakower vs Botvinnik, 1946  (C01) French, Exchange, 54 moves, 0-1
Six-pawn steamroller vs two pieces
E Kovalevskaya vs V Gunina, 2008  (C00) French Defense, 41 moves, 0-1
Chistyakov 2014...
A Ramirez Alvarez vs Lenderman, 2014  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 62 moves, 0-1
Vaganian's last significant win with the Swarm, 5...Ba5
K Kulaots vs Vaganian, 2004  (C18) French, Winawer, 25 moves, 0-1
P Ofstad vs S Williams, 2005 (C05) French, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 0-1
R Persitz vs R Blumenfeld, 1958  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 45 moves, 1-0
S Sulskis vs Hjartarson, 1997  (C16) French, Winawer, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2
Grischuk vs Short, 2000  (C02) French, Advance, 32 moves, 0-1
Missed opportunities, eg 26...Qh3+!, but still a win for Black.
K Zvorykina vs E Bykova, 1959  (C16) French, Winawer, 44 moves, 0-1
Braun Schoon
Nijboer vs A Braun, 2008  (C18) French, Winawer, 39 moves, 0-1
S Sulskis vs M Bartel, 2007  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 23 moves, 0-1
Advance, Wade var
A Ubushiev vs E Bystryakova, 2001 (C02) French, Advance, 30 moves, 0-1
Timman's 23...Qb4! refutes White's attack
P Carlsson vs Timman, 2007  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 26 moves, 0-1
The return of ...Ng6 in the Qg4 Winawer.
F Libiszewski vs Rozentalis, 2010  (C18) French, Winawer, 23 moves, 0-1
Howell you run
D Howell vs J Levitt, 2005  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 47 moves, 0-1
S P Tanin vs G Sanakoev, 1960  (C18) French, Winawer, 34 moves, 0-1
Jan bites with ...a6, ...h6, ...g5.
P B Petersen vs Timman, 2013  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 15 moves, 0-1
Letelier vs W Heidenfeld, 1966  (C13) French, 57 moves, 0-1
Kholmov vs Matulovic, 1963  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 0-1
J Loughran vs O Benson, 2005 (C02) French, Advance, 44 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch 4.Ngf3
Sutovsky vs Caruana, 2013  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 34 moves, 0-1
Hjartarson vs J Nogueiras, 1988  (C18) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 0-1
S J Hutchings vs Keene, 1975  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 0-1
Accountancy and pawn collection: the French a la Uhlmann
J Rotstein vs Uhlmann, 2007  (C01) French, Exchange, 54 moves, 0-1
Rublevsky vs A Riazantsev, 2010  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 56 moves, 0-1
Fischer vs W Hook, 1970  (C18) French, Winawer, 28 moves, 1-0
Charge of the pawn brigade
Short vs F Vallejo Pons, 2010  (C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1
Mainline Winawer with g4 and Rb1 demolished.
S Sanden vs Shulman, 1996  (C18) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 0-1
Rapport strikes
D Larino Nieto vs Rapport, 2014  (C10) French, 30 moves, 0-1
Lerch vs Igor: monster mash
P Lerch vs I Naumkin, 2007  (C00) French Defense, 33 moves, 0-1
E Najer vs Glek, 2013  (C16) French, Winawer, 53 moves, 0-1
Topalov vs Kamsky, 2009  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 45 moves, 1-0
Exchange with ...c5
Rublevsky vs Vaganian, 2008  (C01) French, Exchange, 30 moves, 0-1
Collapse of the Swarm?
G Solis de Ovando vs C Issler, 2002  (C18) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 1-0
perp
O Renet vs P Motwani, 2005 (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
a5-a6 vs Swarm
A Volokitin vs Lputian, 2004  (C18) French, Winawer, 40 moves, 1-0
E Paoli vs L Schmid, 1960  (C18) French, Winawer, 40 moves, 0-1
Ivanchuk vs So, 2009  (C01) French, Exchange, 39 moves, 0-1
P Cafolla vs I Gelip, 2016  (C02) French, Advance, 41 moves, 0-1
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