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4 Surprise Weapons Against the French Defense – ChessTerra.com

4 Surprise Weapons Against the French Defense

March 5, 2025 NHaselton Uncategorized

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Test your Anti-French setups against a human-like AI for free noctie.ai/?aff=q9yKD. You can play Premium games 10 times as a free user once your rating has been calibrated, so you can test your Anti French for free.
Chigorin Variation repertoire: https://app.noctie.ai/repertoires/81f3c3ab-34c1-44c5-ad5a-df217f61d48f?aff=q9yKD

Horwitz Attack Repertoire: https://app.noctie.ai/repertoires/7306b191-ef30-4649-b851-5bc30a04de59?aff=q9yKD

La Bourdonnais Variation Repertoire: https://app.noctie.ai/repertoires/3341c855-94a2-4755-a46b-e2a34b0db0f3?aff=q9yKD

Steiner Variation Repertoire: https://app.noctie.ai/repertoires/f40dc4ec-70b1-4b4e-9480-8c57612beed3?aff=q9yKD
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The French Defense is a pain to deal with for many an e4 player. Personally, I always did well against it so I had no need for rare weapons or surprises against it. But I have prepared 4 very dangerous alternatives to the main lines you can use to get French players out of known territory!

0:00 Introduction
04:11 Horwitz Attack
16:45 Chigorin Variation
23:22 Steiner Variation
32:15 La Bourdonnais Variation

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