Beating the French vol. 3: 3.Nc3 dxe4

Beating the French vol. 3: 3.Nc3 dxe4
Compiled by Buddy Revell

Games from the Chessbase Fritz Trainer DVD, presented by GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4

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3. ... Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 Fischer vs Pachman, 1960

- 5. ... Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 see 7.Bg5 h6

4.Nxe4 Nd7

4. ... Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 Kasimdzhanov vs K Arkell, 2003

5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3

7.Bg5 c5 8.Bc4 Qa5+ 9.c3 Kasimdzhanov vs Korchnoi, 2002

7. ... c5

7. ... Be7 8.Qa4+ c6 9.Bd3 0–0 10.Qc2 b6 11.Bg5 h6 12.h4 Bb7 13.Rh3 c5 14.Bxh6 Motylev vs M Roiz, 2005

8.Be3

8.Ne5 Nd7 9.Bb5 Bd6 10.Qg4 Kf8 Kasparov vs Ponomariov, 2002

8. ... Qc7 9.Ne5 a6 10.Qa4+ Nd7

10. ... Bd7 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 Svidler vs A Vaisser, 2006

11.0–0–0 cxd4 12.Nxd7 Qxd7

12. ... Bxd7 13.Qxd4 Karjakin vs A Rychagov, 2007

13.Qc2 Bc5 14.Bxd4 Bxd4 15.Rxd4 Adams vs Anand, 2002

#1
Kasimdzhanov vs K Arkell, 2003
(C10) French, 27 moves, 1-0
#2
Kasimdzhanov vs Korchnoi, 2002
(C11) French, 34 moves, 1-0
#3
Motylev vs M Roiz, 2005
(C10) French, 25 moves, 1-0
#4
Adams vs Anand, 2002
(C10) French, 44 moves, 1-0
#5
Kasparov vs Ponomariov, 2002
(C10) French, 38 moves, 1-0
#6
Karjakin vs A Rychagov, 2007
(C10) French, 22 moves, 1-0
#7
Svidler vs A Vaisser, 2006
(C10) French, 43 moves, 1-0
#8
Fischer vs Pachman, 1960
(C11) French, 43 moves, 1-0
#9
Topalov vs Anand, 2001
(C11) French, 45 moves, 1-0
#10
Shirov vs M Gurevich, 2006
(C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0
#11
Svidler vs M Gurevich, 2005
(C11) French, 58 moves, 1-0
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