Solid & Powerful Chess Opening For Black Against 1.e4 [Tricks & Traps]

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🔹 Powerful Chess Opening for Black Against 1.e4 [TRAPS Included] –

In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov presents to you one of the best chess openings for Black against 1.e4. The French Defense, which happens after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5, is a solid and powerful chess opening for Black.

You will learn the key advantages of the French Defense, the logical reason behind every move of Black, key ideas in the opening, and attacking plans in the middlegame. You can play this opening against beginners and also advanced-level opponents.

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00:00 Best Chess Opening For Black Against 1.e4
00:19 Why the French Defense is powerful
02:09 1) Advance Variation: 3.e5
04:00 Common mistake by White
06:19 If White plays Bd3 to prevent Nf5
10:49 If White plays Bb5, pinning Nc6
13:36 White loses castling rights or the bishop
17:26 Mainline played by experienced opponents
20:02 2) Exchange Variation: 3.exd5
22:02 3) Rubinstein Variation: 3.Nc3 dxe4

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119 Comments

  1. Thank you really helpful ❤️ can't stop watching ur videos 🥰

  2. Thank you for all the stupid kids you talk into playing a positional opening that they 100% fuck up below 2000 once their opponent does not play one of the worst assumed moves you're showing and not understanding the motives of their own position, and playing the french myself in ~300 online games of the advanced I've never faced 5.f4 and just showing old theoretical lines of Millner Barry gambit, selling it as lowkey easy win for black is just bs. Why not teach better solid opening theory for your audience? Just do it like that Gotham clown and add a clickbaity preview picture for the clicks but teach anything that shows the competence of a GM.

  3. Eagerly waiting for argun vs mittens the cat fight of chess😾

  4. ► Chapters

    00:00 Best Chess Opening For Black Against 1.e4

    00:19 Why the French Defense is powerful

    02:09 1) Advance Variation: 3.e5

    04:00 Common mistake by White

    06:19 If White plays Bd3 to prevent Nf5

    10:49 If White plays Bb5, pinning Nc6

    13:36 White loses castling rights or the bishop

    17:26 Mainline played by experienced opponents

    20:02 2) Exchange Variation: 3.exd5

    22:02 3) Rubinstein Variation: 3.Nc3 dxe4

  5. Great! Now lemme watch this 20 more times to memorize the first few moves

  6. Bishop can still check the king after pawn D5

  7. OK, finally have to ask. Is he saying "this operation"? This "variation"? Every video it drives me crazy to make sure I am hearing it correctly.

  8. Ok so i have tried this ten times and nobody makes these moves this way or even close to it. My game isnt getting better its getting worse

  9. And what do you do if Whites second move is Qf3.. Played French defense alot and never seen this… What's the trick he's planning 😂

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