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French Advance Variation

Difficulty 3/3Black repertoireECO C02

Advance Variation, Be2 Main Line (C02)

Line progress5/35

In the Advance French, Black's first job is to hit d4 and recover space with the central break.

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ECO C02

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  1. Advance Variation, Be2 Main LineSample

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Bc3 b5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6+ Bxc6 17. Qd2 O-O 18. O-O

  2. Advance Variation, Be2 Bxh6 Punishment

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Bxh6 Qxb2 9. Nbd2 gxh6

  3. Advance Variation, Be2 Early Castling

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. O-O Nf5

  4. Advance Variation, a3 Bxh6 Punishment

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bxh6 Qxb2 8. Nbd2 gxh6

  5. Advance Variation, a3 Bxh6 Sideline

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7

  6. Advance Variation, a3 Be3 and f6

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bh6 13. Qe2 Bd7

  7. Advance Variation, a3 Be2 and h5

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O h5 12. Qd2 g5

  8. Advance Variation, a3 g4 and Na5

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc4

  9. Advance Variation, Bd3 Bishop Retreat

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Kh1 Nc6 13. f4 Nb4 14. Bb1 Qc4 15. Qd1 d4 16. Ne4 d3 17. Nc3 Nc2

  10. Advance Variation, Bd3 Rook Defense

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Kh1 Nc6 13. f4 Nb4 14. Rd1 Bc5 15. Bxa6 Qf2 16. Qxf2 Bxf2 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxa2 19. Rxa2 Nxa2 20. Bd2 Kd7 21. Ra1 Rc8

  11. Advance Variation, Greek Gift Setup

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Bb4