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Svidler vs D Andreikin, 2012  (C02) French, Advance, 43 moves, 0-1
C05 0-1 38
I Blek vs Tal, 1955  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 38 moves, 0-1
C12 1-0 32
Lilienthal vs A Chistiakov, 1949  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 32 moves, 1-0
Fischer in his prime outplayed by an IM
Fischer vs V Kovacevic, 1970  (C15) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 0-1
See also Kasparov-Ivanchuk, #30
F Olafsson vs Petrosian, 1961  (C16) French, Winawer, 32 moves, 0-1
C11 0-1 45
Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2010  (C11) French, 45 moves, 0-1
13 year old Capa....wonderful game!
E Corzo vs Capablanca, 1902  (C10) French, 36 moves, 0-1
C02 0-1 26
J Pinski vs A Zontakh, 2001  (C02) French, Advance, 26 moves, 0-1
RxB,one of the best moves in chess if you're Tigran
P H Clarke vs Petrosian, 1958  (C02) French, Advance, 41 moves, 0-1
Morphy's only French
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1850  (C02) French, Advance, 14 moves, 0-1
A tough grind
Polgar vs Morozevich, 2000  (C11) French, 36 moves, 0-1
O-O for Black in the poison pawn Winawer!
V Onyshchuk vs Caruana, 2006  (C18) French, Winawer, 29 moves, 0-1
Alekhine serves notice
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (C01) French, Exchange, 43 moves, 0-1
Two wild and crazy guys!
R A Redolfi vs Eliskases, 1957  (C18) French, Winawer, 23 moves, 0-1
Quite an endgame.
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1914  (C01) French, Exchange, 61 moves, 0-1
The WSB wins for Black in the French
Znosko-Borovsky vs Levenfish, 1910  (C14) French, Classical, 34 moves, 0-1
C10 0-1 42
N Kosintseva vs E Berg, 2007  (C10) French, 42 moves, 0-1
C11 0-1 73
Marshall vs Schlechter, 1912  (C11) French, 73 moves, 0-1
So that's how you do it!
H Mattison vs G Nagy, 1925  (C15) French, Winawer, 23 moves, 0-1
I dunno, I dunno....
Karjakin vs H Wang, 2005  (C11) French, 58 moves, 0-1
15 yr. old Radjabov upsets Kasparov
Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2003  (C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1
Creative, original, crushing...
Zvjaginsev vs P Zhang, 2006  (C00) French Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
Nicely done...
Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Botvinnik, 1931  (C01) French, Exchange, 41 moves, 0-1
The logician creating his art.
I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik, 1932  (C01) French, Exchange, 61 moves, 0-1
The Guimard variation!
Bolbochan vs C Guimard, 1941  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 50 moves, 0-1
A classical gas...
Smejkal vs J Kozma, 1967  (C11) French, 42 moves, 0-1
The McCutcheon does the job
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1962  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 43 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch wins a positional crush.
Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1893  (C00) French Defense, 59 moves, 0-1
Very sharp
W Bialas vs Uhlmann, 1951  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 0-1
See also Olaffson-Petrosian, #5
Kasparov vs Ivanchuk, 1995  (C16) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 0-1
Mind boggling isn't the word...
K Georgiev vs Psakhis, 1986  (C15) French, Winawer, 44 moves, 0-1
C18 0-1 63
M Pena Gomez vs V Moskalenko, 2008  (C18) French, Winawer, 63 moves, 0-1
also in Petrosian collection, it's that good!
Hort vs Petrosian, 1970  (C18) French, Winawer, 48 moves, 0-1
A Lasker clinic on planning and tactics
Lasker vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1909  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 42 moves, 1-0
Interesting, is it sound?
P Sinton vs Ken Pow, 1989  (C18) French, Winawer, 15 moves, 0-1
Well, it was blitz...
Rublevsky vs Zvjaginsev, 2013  (C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 25 moves, 0-1
C07 0-1 46
D Sahovic vs Korchnoi, 1979  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 46 moves, 0-1
Alapin Gambit
W Heidenfeld vs C Lee, 1974  (C00) French Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Diemer's at it again!
E Diemer vs Zeitler, 1983  (C00) French Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
An Alapin Gambit
E Diemer vs Illig, 1954  (C00) French Defense, 21 moves, 1-0
La Bourdannais variation
Nakamura vs Seirawan, 2012  (C00) French Defense, 30 moves, 1-0
Nice crush of the Advance Var.
H Camilleri vs Uhlmann, 1969  (C02) French, Advance, 33 moves, 0-1
Another way to crush the Advance Var.
V Ciocaltea vs Uhlmann, 1956  (C02) French, Advance, 32 moves, 0-1
Instructive play by Uhlmann
G Moehring vs Uhlmann, 1982  (C02) French, Advance, 31 moves, 0-1
Kasparov's only French.
Kamsky vs Kasparov, 1989  (C02) French, Advance, 107 moves, 0-1
I'm now a Kovalenko fan.
Saric vs Kovalenko, 2016  (C18) French, Winawer, 62 moves, 0-1
Yusupov's favorite, of his games.
A Sokolov vs Yusupov, 1986  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 72 moves, 0-1
A lesson in the Steinitz var.
Kamsky vs Ding Liren, 2011  (C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1
The Guimard vs the Tarrasch var.
Benjamin vs Short, 1979 (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 54 moves, 0-1
Euwe variation
Grischuk vs Short, 2000  (C02) French, Advance, 32 moves, 0-1
Another way to deal with C02
Khalifman vs Short, 2001 (C02) French, Advance, 48 moves, 0-1
The Wade Variation of the Advance Var.
Y Hou vs Short, 2016  (C02) French, Advance, 36 moves, 0-1
So brilliantly crushes the Rubinstein var.
So vs V Akobian, 2016  (C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0
"I want to give it away but my wife won't let me"MadmanMuntz
Najdorf vs Glucksberg, 1929  (C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0
The 2 knights french rec. by Chris Baker
G Jurgensen vs M Othman, 2014 (B40) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0
Blindfold simul !
Alekhine vs A Asgeirsson, 1931  (C13) French, 25 moves, 1-0
Tata, Tatai
S Tatai vs Korchnoi, 1978  (C01) French, Exchange, 14 moves, 0-1
C03 Guimard Var. w/4.c3 f5 instead of 4...e5
Keres vs Petrosian, 1950  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 0-1
Advance:Euwe Var
Adams vs Epishin, 1992  (C02) French, Advance, 26 moves, 0-1
Lputian variation
Grischuk vs Lputian, 2002  (C02) French, Advance, 45 moves, 0-1
I should start a Sydney T Sharpe collection
S T Sharp vs S Mlotkowski, 1910 (C01) French, Exchange, 47 moves, 1-0
The Nimzo Attack for White :(
K Honfi vs Portisch, 1964 (C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 0-1
How to meet the Wing Gambit
P Boersma vs Korchnoi, 1977  (C00) French Defense, 60 moves, 0-1
Fort Knox my a**
A Pourkashiyan vs F Al-Jelda, 2010  (C10) French, 46 moves, 1-0
Not playing Chinese checkers here!
Y Hou vs Ding Liren, 2009  (C11) French, 66 moves, 0-1
‘My Most Exciting Game’, p.280-281 of 'CHESS', 14 April 1939
J Mieses vs Von Bardeleben, 1905  (C13) French, 32 moves, 1-0
French Def Classical. Tartakower Var (C13) 1-0 Know thy Houdini
R W Smith vs R Hart, 2009  (C13) French, 23 moves, 1-0
French Def. Steinitz. Gledhill Attack (C11) 1-0 Q sac offer
J Houghteling vs L S Cornell, 1902  (C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0
French Classical. Alapin 7.Nb5 (C14) 1-0Outposts and Rook lifts
Pillsbury vs E Nebermann, 1902 (C14) French, Classical, 32 moves, 1-0
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