The first French Winawer, played by Winawer himself Steinitz vs Winawer, 1867  (C01) French, Exchange, 28 moves, 1-0 Game annotated by J. H. Blackburne R Wormald vs Blackburne, 1869   (C01) French, Exchange, 47 moves, 0-1 Black has been in trouble since the early opening Blackburne vs A Schwarz, 1873  (C01) French, Exchange, 33 moves, 1-0 7...h6 the losing move? Blackburne vs F Ford, 1877  (C01) French, Exchange, 27 moves, 1-0 Why didn't Blackburne play 17.Qh6 instead of Qg5? Blackburne vs J West, 1885  (C01) French, Exchange, 21 moves, 1-0 5...Nf6 looks dubious to me Alekhine vs Yates, 1926  (C01) French, Exchange, 56 moves, 1-0 An early f3 after ...Bg4 is not uncommon even these days Yates vs A Nimzowitsch, 1926  (C01) French, Exchange, 46 moves, 0-1 Nimzowitsch probably moved the other rook on move 12 Marshall vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927  (C01) French, Exchange, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2 White was worse until 25...Rxd4 G Thomas vs G Nagy, 1927  (C01) French, Exchange, 34 moves, 1-0 A historic earthquake in the pantheon of the chess greats Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (C01) French, Exchange, 43 moves, 0-1 13...Nf6 would have led to another game P Limbos vs Klausner, 1929  (C01) French, Exchange, 22 moves, 1-0 8…Ba5 might have been better A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Botvinnik, 1931  (C01) French, Exchange, 41 moves, 0-1 Game annotated by Raymond Keene N Mannheimer vs A Nimzowitsch, 1930   (C01) French, Exchange, 44 moves, 0-1 This is a rather interesting positional game I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik, 1932  (C01) French, Exchange, 61 moves, 0-1 a move like 12....h4 shows me a deep intuitive understanding E G Sergeant vs Capablanca, 1935  (C01) French, Exchange, 37 moves, 0-1 A monster (black) knight versus a bad bishop O Bernstein vs Bronstein, 1954  (C01) French, Exchange, 46 moves, 0-1 Sliwa makes a bid for a brilliancy with 17.Qh6. Sliwa vs Botvinnik, 1956  (C01) French, Exchange, 45 moves, 0-1 White black squares weakness was perceivable from move 14 I Nei vs Bronstein, 1960  (C01) French, Exchange, 55 moves, 0-1 This variation tends to be underestimated by players of Black M Czerniak vs W Hartston, 1966  (C01) French, Exchange, 24 moves, 1-0 In this game Black moves his king's bishop around a lot F Sanz Alonso vs S Mariotti, 1978  (C01) French, Exchange, 31 moves, 0-1 Here Q+N vs Q+B after 39... Qxg7 Miles vs Korchnoi, 1979  (C01) French, Exchange, 53 moves, 0-1 I would however prefer the white position after <15.Qg4>. P Large vs Adams, 1989  (C01) French, Exchange, 29 moves, 0-1 Why not 5...c5? Korchnoi vs Vaganian, 1989  (C01) French, Exchange, 62 moves, 1-0 Zing! J Romo vs A Ziegler, 1993  (C01) French, Exchange, 16 moves, 1-0 Who knew the Exchange Variation was so badass? Short vs A Beliavsky, 1995  (C01) French, Exchange, 18 moves, 1-0 It looks like White has quite an advantage there after 5 Bd3 K Mueller vs Uhlmann, 2001  (C01) French, Exchange, 24 moves, 1-0 9. Bg5 seemed necessary C Burgos Figueroa vs C Juarez Flores, 2001  (C01) French, Exchange, 34 moves, 0-1 black's blockading knights on e4 and c4 completely dominate A Druckenthaner vs S Kindermann, 2002  (C01) French, Exchange, 21 moves, 0-1 5. ...c6 is more solid O Brendel vs A Yusupov, 2002  (C01) French, Exchange, 33 moves, 0-1 the French Exchange (delayed) variation is full of fireworks V Belov vs B Sambuev, 2003  (C01) French, Exchange, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2 6. Qf3 ; Nikolay Minev writes this is a variation worthy J Moreno Carnero vs Ivanchuk, 2004  (C01) French, Exchange, 50 moves, 0-1 The two bishops appear to be worth a pawn. Fressinet vs Ponomariov, 2005  (C01) French, Exchange, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2 All those French games are no good for me M Lubbe vs A Wilson, 2007  (C01) French, Exchange, 27 moves, 1-0 What a strong knight pair in this game for black! S Thavandiran vs B Sambuev, 2007  (C01) French, Exchange, 36 moves, 0-1 12. Ne2 followed by c3 looks better Ivanchuk vs So, 2009  (C01) French, Exchange, 39 moves, 0-1 I wonder if white missed the fork with 15. Nb5 P Stoma vs M Goslawski, 2010  (C01) French, Exchange, 23 moves, 0-1 14..d4 may be worth a try G Mammadova vs D E Cori Tello, 2010  (C01) French, Exchange, 35 moves, 1-0 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nf4 is good for white S Bergsson vs Pelletier, 2011  (C01) French, Exchange, 24 moves, 0-1 Was 11...Bxe2 better, dumping the LSB while Black can? I Popov vs Vitiugov, 2012  (C01) French, Exchange, 62 moves, 1-0 What´s wrong with 13...c6? Fressinet vs Tkachiev, 2012  (C01) French, Exchange, 34 moves, 1-0 Black's KB was misplaced after 4.ed ed Carlsen vs F Vallejo Pons, 2012  (C01) French, Exchange, 43 moves, 1-0 Black was effectively lost by move 16 Negi vs R Soffer, 2012  (C01) French, Exchange, 33 moves, 1-0 a rare motif: a cross-pin! Smeets vs Naiditsch, 2013  (C01) French, Exchange, 35 moves, 0-1 White threatens 14. Qh5+ Kd7 15.Qg4+ and Qxg7 Rapport vs E Nakar, 2015  (C01) French, Exchange, 26 moves, 1-0 Instead of 15 Bg3, 15 Nd1 frees White's c pawn without delay Anand vs Caruana, 2016  (C01) French, Exchange, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2 45 games