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Power Play 22: A Repertoire for Black with the French Defence

The French Defence is one of the most reliable openings against 1 e4. The solid central pawn chain protects Black’s king and provides the basis for counter-attacks on both wings. On this DVD Grandmaster Daniel King offers you a repertoire for Black with the French. Based around ten stem games, all White’s major lines against the French are covered. The French Defence is one of the most flexible of openings. This DVD explores different systems so that you can always keep your opponent guessing as to your choice. Complete games are discussed so that one gains an idea about typical strategies for both sides. More than that, these model games provide inspiration to play the opening. This is an interactive DVD. At key moments in the games Grandmaster King pauses and puts you on the spot. You will have to find and play the best move. He then gives feedback in further video clips according to the move you chose.

• A complete French repertoire for Black
• Suitable for club players
• Model games with typical middlegame strategy
• Up-to-date theory
• Video running time: 4 h 43 min interactive training including video feedback
• Exclusive training database with selected 50 games
• Including CB 12 Reader

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This is what is delivered:
  • Fritztrainer App for Windows
  • Available as download or on DVD
  • Video course with a running time of approx. 4-8 hrs.
  • Repertoire database: save and integrate Fritztrainer games into your own repertoire (in WebApp Opening or in ChessBase)
  • Interactive exercises with video feedback: the authors present exercises and key positions, the user has to enter the solution. With video feedback (also on mistakes) and further explanations.
  • Sample games as a ChessBase database.
That's what the FritzTrainer App can do for you:
  • Videos can run in the Fritztrainer app or in the ChessBase program with board graphics, notation and a large function bar
  • Analysis engine can be switched on at any time
  • Video pause for manual navigation and analysis in game notation
  • Input of your own variations, engine analysis, with storage in the game
  • Learn variations: view specific lines in the ChessBase WebApp Opening with autoplay, memorize variations and practise transformation (initial position - final position).
  • Active opening training: selected opening positions are transferred to the ChessBase WebApp Fritz-online. In a match against Fritz you test your new knowledge and actively play the new opening.
Even more possibilities: Start FritzTrainer in the ChessBase program!
  • The database with all games and analyses can be opened directly.
  • Games can be easily added to the opening reference.
  • Direct evaluation with game reference, games can be replayed on the analysis board
  • Your own variations are saved and can be added to the own repertoire
  • Replay training
  • LiveBook active
  • All engines installed in ChessBase can be started for the analysis
  • Assisted Analysis
  • Print notation and diagrams (for worksheets)

Sample video

Contents

  • 01: Intro & repertoire [04:36]
  • 02: Exchange Variation - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 - Agrest,S - Drasko,M [26:13]
  • 03: Advance Variation - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 - Nunn,J - King,D [28:50]
  • 04: Tarrasch - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 - Prasad,D - Psakhis,L [24:23]
  • 05: Tarrasch - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 - Smirin,I - Dreev,A [28:52]
  • 06: Classical - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 - Brethes,F - Edouard,R [19:08]
  • 07: Classical - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 - Mrdja,M - Gleizerov,E [18:41]
  • 08: Alekhine-Chatard Attack - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 - Bobras,P - Bartel,M [28:54]
  • 09: Rubinstein - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 - Favaloro,A - Sumets,A [26:31]
  • 10: Fort Knox - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxd4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 - Astrom,G - Lyrberg,P [29:48]
  • 11: King's Indian Attack - 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.0-0 Nf6 - Giri,A - Svidler,P [23:03]
  • 12: Outro [01:30]
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French Defence

When Black replies to the double move of White’s king’s pawn with 1...e6 we have the French Defence. Its name goes back to a correspondence match between the cities of London and Paris in 1834, in which the French made successful use of the move 1...e6. In the 19th century the move was the most important alternative for Black to 1...e5 and even nowadays it still occupies third place in the ranking of the most popular replies to 1.e4 after the Sicilian and 1...e5.

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