Do you always have problems finding a good antidote to the French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5)? Thanks to this 60 minutes course on the move 3.Bd3 you don't have to look any further!
You'll get acquainted with the typical ideas for White and Black's critical responses and that is basically all you need. Although the ensuing lines are easy to learn, since more players have been trying their luck with this pet system, the theory is still evolving. Hence, the focus is on understanding rather than memorising the variations to make 3.Bd3 your new main weapon against this important opening.
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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