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Beating the French vol. 2: 3.Nc3 Nf6
Compiled by Buddy Revell
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Games from the Chessbase Fritz Trainer DVD, presented by GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6


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4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3

7.Ne2 S Khan vs Tartakower, 1931

7. ... cxd4

7. ... Be7 8.dxc5 0–0 9.Qd2 Bxc5 10.0–0–0 Saric vs M Gurevich, 2007

7. ... a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Ne2 Leko vs M Gurevich, 2007

- 9.a3 Bb7 10.g3 Qa5 Ponomariov vs Bareev, 2005

7. ... Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+ 9.c3 c4 10.b4 Qc7 11.Nb2 Ivanchuk vs Bareev, 2002

8.Nxd4 Bc5

8. ... Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 de Firmian vs Huebner, 1995

9.Qd2 0–0

9. ... Bxd4 10.Bxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qb6 12.Qd2 Qxb2 13.Rb1 Qa3 14.Nb5 Qxa2 15.Nd6+ Shirov vs Bareev, 2003

10.0–0–0 a6 11.Qf2

11.h4 Kasparov vs Short, 1994

11. ... Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Qc7 13.Bd3 Bxd4

13. ... b5 14.Qh4 Kramnik vs Radjabov, 2003

14.Qxd4 Qc5 15.Ne2 b5 16.Kb1 b4 17.Rc1 Qxd4 18.Nxd4 Grischuk vs A Iljushin, 2003

#1
Grischuk vs A Iljushin, 2003 
(C11) French, 53 moves, 1-0

#2
Saric vs M Gurevich, 2007 
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0

#3
Leko vs M Gurevich, 2007 
(C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0

#4
Ponomariov vs Bareev, 2005 
(C11) French, 57 moves, 1-0

#5
Ivanchuk vs Bareev, 2002 
(C11) French, 57 moves, 1-0

#6
de Firmian vs Huebner, 1995 
(C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0

#7
Shirov vs Bareev, 2003 
(C11) French, 38 moves, 1-0

#8
Kramnik vs Radjabov, 2003 
(C11) French, 36 moves, 1-0

#9
Kasparov vs Short, 1994 
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0

#10
S Khan vs Tartakower, 1931 
(C11) French, 87 moves, 1-0

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