An easy to learn complete French Defense repertoire for black you could learn in a day!
Practice the French Repertoire here: https://app.noctie.ai/repertoires/15f79d61-79b2-41a3-87f7-3b890e9532ea?aff=q9yKD
French Repertoire PGN available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/french-defense-126993645
If you know me, you will know that I love playing against the French and score better against it than against any other opening. In fact, if I know that my opponent plays the French, I will almost certainly play e4! Today I did something I never thought I was going to do. I prepared a French Repertoire for black! I studied the French in order to change my view that it’s a bad, almost unsound opening. And I think I’ve succeeded. I managed to create a repertoire that leads to comfortable positions for Black regardless of what white plays, and it’s so simple and easy to learn that I feel anyone could start playing it within a day.
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Learn the basics of the French (for beginners): https://youtu.be/pig559oP5OM
Learn the Exchange French: https://youtu.be/YlA3heOMMN0
Learn the Advance French: https://youtu.be/plgs6rbCMjE
Learn the Rubinstein French: https://youtu.be/THkLmg9vmv0
Learn the King’s Indian Attack: https://youtu.be/jC08eYnrSfY
The repertoire is based on avoiding the uncomfortable French variations in which white is the one attacking mercilessly, and black is forced either to defend or complicate the position beyond sanity. We will completely avoid the Paulsen and the Tarrasch, the backbone of any e4 player’s aresenal against the French Defense. Against the Exchange Variation, we will avoid the symmetry and
play for opposite sides castling and an attack. Against the Advance Variation, we will play against white’s most natural attacking plan by simply not castling short! We are creating a set of positions which is very comfortable for black, and in which our experience should give us a pleasant edge whatever white chooses to play.
0:00 Introduction
03:47 Exchange Variation
10:48 Advance Variation
22:00 Rubinstein Variation
29:49 King’s Indian Attack
33:34 Sidelines