Chessmate

French Tarrasch Variation · White

Closed Tarrasch, Bf4 Main Line · White (C06)

Claim central space and prepare to build a full pawn center with d4.

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French 3.Nc3 · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO C11–C12

Sample line with full explanations: Classical Variation, h4 Ne2 Attack.

French Advance Variation · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO C02

Sample line with full explanations: Advance Variation, a3 Main Line: g4 and ...Na5.

French Exchange Variation · BlackDifficulty 1/3

Black repertoire · ECO C01

Sample line with full explanations: Exchange Variation, Solid System.

French Tarrasch Variation · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO C06

Sample line with full explanations: Tarrasch Variation, Bg5-Bh4 Rxf3 Sacrifice.

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ECO C00–C08

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  1. Closed Tarrasch, Bf4 Main Line · WhiteSample

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 O-O 13. O-O

  2. Closed Tarrasch, Meeting Qb6 · White

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Ndf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. a3

  3. Open Tarrasch, Chistyakov Main Line · White

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Bd6 13. h3

  4. Open Tarrasch, IQP Main Line · White

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3

  5. Morozevich Variation, Meeting g5 · White

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. Nb1 g4 10. Ne1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxg4

  6. Blackburne Defense, Active Development · White

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ngf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qa5+ 11. c3

  7. Fort Knox, Rh4 Rook Lift · White

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Re1 Bxe4 9. Bxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Nf6 11. Rh4 Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. Qc2

  8. Guimard Defense, Nb3 and h5 · White

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 b6 8. h4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Rxa6 10. h5

  9. Modern System, Meeting a6 · White

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 c4 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 cxb3 9. axb3

  10. Early 3...h6, Meeting ...g5 · White

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3

  11. Franco-Benoni Setup · White

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3

  12. Closed Tarrasch, Punishing Ne4 · White

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Bc4 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Qxd5 9. Bxd5

  13. Open Tarrasch, Punishing Nf6 · White

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nbd4

  14. Closed Tarrasch, Punishing Qxb2 · White

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Ndf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Qxb2 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Rb1 Qa2 16. Ra1 Qb2 17. Ra4