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A Classical Guide to the French Defence

The French Defence is the sharpest opening setup against 1.e4. With his first two moves, e6 and d5, Black tries to provoke the advance e4-e5. This closes the centre and gives Black the opportunity to get active play on both wings.

GM Yannick Pelletier is a specialist of this opening, and believes that the most efficient way to understand its ideas, plans, and typical structures is to study classical lines. He offers you a repertoire that is based on well-established lines that have been tried and tested for decades and that have proven their validity.

This DVD gives you the key to start out with the French Defence. GM Yannick Pelletier is a specialist of this opening, and believes that the most efficient way to understand its ideas, plans, and typical structures is to study classical lines. He offers you a repertoire that is based on well-established lines that have been tried and tested for decades and that have proven their validity. He illustrates these lines with thematic games. This is an interactive DVD. At key moments, Grandmaster Pelletier pauses and asks you to find and play the best move. He then gives feedback to your chosen moves. The database with illustrative games will also help you to understand and play the French better. The author has selected all games in the database carefully and annotated most of them.

• Video running time: 4 h 27 min(English)
• With interactive training incuding video feedback
• Extra: Database with annotated model games
• Including CB 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 [06:44]
  • 02: Structure & plans [14:15]
  • Variations
  • 01: Advanced Variation Sidelines - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 - Video notation [19:39]
  • 02: Advanced Variation Main Line - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 - Video notation [15:19]
  • 03: Tarrasch Part 1 - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 - Video notation [19:22]
  • 04: Tarrasch Part 2 - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 - Video notation [13:06]
  • 05: The Classical Variation 3.Nc3 Nf6 Part 1 - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 - Video notation [19:13]
  • 06: The Classical Variation 3.Nc3 Nf6 Part 2 - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 - Video notation [10:51]
  • 07: The Classical Variation 3.Nc3 Nf6 Part 3 - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 - Video notation [10:51]
  • 08: Exchange Variation - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 - Video notation [11:44]
  • 09: King's Indian Attack and Qe2 - 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 and 2.Qe2/2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 - Video notation [15:15]
  • 10: Sidelines - 2.b3, 2.f4, 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 - Video notation [06:37]
  • Model Games
  • 01: Advanced Variation 3.e5 c5 - Kupreichik,V - Hertneck,G [11:44]
  • 02: Tarrasch Variation 3.Nd2 Nf6 - Hamann,S - Uhlmann,W [08:58]
  • 03: Tarrasch Variation 3.Nd2 Nf6 - Browne,W - Petrosian,T [12:46]
  • 04: The classical Variation 3.Nc3 Nf6 - Kovacevic,A - Tukmakov,V [11:38]
  • 05: The classical Variation 3.Nc3 Nf6 - Grischuk,A - Wang,H [07:30]
  • 06: Conclusion [02:39]
  • Test section
  • 01: Test 1 - Ljubojevic,L - Gurevich,M [04:50]
  • 02: Test 2 - Sutovsky,E - Arizmendi Martinez,J [04:20]
  • 03: Test 3 - Albaric - Pelletier [04:38]
  • 04: Test 4 - Kudrin,S - Kortschnoj,V [03:34]
  • 05: Test 5 - Hamann,S - Uhlmann,W [04:12]
  • 06: Test 6 - Robson,R - Meier,G [08:00]
  • 07: Test 7 - Salem,A - Libiszewski,F [03:26]
  • 08: Test 8 - Winterberg,L - Pelletier,Y [02:56]
  • 09: Test 9 - Formanek,E - Kortschnoj,V [06:28]
  • 10: Test 10 - Möhring,G - Uhlmann,W [03:40]
  • 11: Test 11 - Kan,I - Botvinnik,M [03:49]
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