French Defence 3. Nd2, by GM Lev Psakhis (Batsford, 2003) 287 pp., approx. 300 diag., $22.95. While not exactly prolific, Lev Psakhis should be familiar to readers. Gambit has followed suit with several entire books on variations in the. The benchmark for comparison at this point must be Emms' The French Tarrasch. Karpov S Best Games Pdf Download by Vinsyesm, released 16 October 2016 Karpov S Best Games Pdf Download - Games,,,,collections,,,,chess,,,,books,,,,and,,,,eBooks,,,,-,,,,Everyman,,,,Chess Items,,,,1,,,,-,,,,12,,,.

I am pretty familiar with the theory of the French Defence, so I'm continually amazed by the volume of fresh ideas being generated in this opening, and perhaps even more so by the fact that most of its variations never seem to be truly resolved. That is, players are discovering new resources in even relatively ancient lines, and when something is apparently 'solved', that status sooner or later changes with a new idea. So take a look at the French if you're feeling limited by too many forcing lines in your repertoire. • • • • • I noticed a lively discussion in the Forum about whether the French is 'correct' at higher levels of play, which included the more specific question of whether it was an inferior choice for players above 2600 or even above 2500 (the thread is entitled ' French BAD for + 2600 and less bad for -2500'). There are many good contributions, but 'Dean' in particular laid out some statistics which showed a better-than-normal success rate for White in the 2700+ and 2600+ brackets, with a better-than-normal success rate for Black in the categories below that.

Simply Fortran Keygen Mac. Performance ratings were not included. I decided to collect my own stats, using Megabase (results from TWIC were extremely similar). The first statistic that popped up is bad news for the French: With both opponents above 2700, the French scored 61%-39% for White (with a 44% drawing ratio, 11% less than the figure for all games), whereas 2700+ games in all openings had a 56%-44% ratio.

Siegbert Tarrasch [ziːɡbɐt taraʃ]. The Tarrasch Variation of the French Defense (3.Nd2), which Tarrasch late in his career considered to be refuted by 3. The French is a solid and safe defence which you will certainly meet and may like to play yourself as a reply to 1. Nd2 The Tarrasch Variation.

Although this basically means that in a 20 games tournament Black would be only a point behind using the French instead of a generic opening, that is still quite significant, and the performance rating advantage for White is greater than White's normal advantage in the 2700+ database by 60 points, which is certainly nontrivial. The sample space was rather small, however, and this led me to wonder about the breakdown of these games. Sniper Ghost Warrior Crack Serial on this page.

I have noticed for years that the elite players, who are frequently involved in closed events, have had a tendency to use the 3.dxe4 versions of the French to try to draw as Black (and taking short draws). In fact, no less than 30% of these 2700+ games are in those variations, as opposed to merely 8% of 3.dxe4 Frenches in Megabase as a whole. And the results for those variations were poor, as with other passive lines; whereas a more dynamic line, the Winawer Variation, had a 54%-46% ratio and 42-point rating spread, both of which are actually better for Black than for all the games in this 2700+ database. I've noticed before that when these top players use an opening to draw as Black (like the 3.dxe4 systems), they indeed get more draws, but have a mediocre or worse performance. The Petroff Defence, for example, draws at a spectacular rate, but performs a bit worse for Black than the average defense at 2700+ levels (and worse than that at lower levels). You'd think a high percentage of draws would help Black's performance rating; but I think that 2700+ players using the Petroff tend to accept the draw when offered, even if they have a small advantage, whereas with White they are more inclined to play for a win.

Similarly, players at 2700+ may need to employ the French with more ambition in order to improve its performance - in my opinion, it isn't a very good drawing weapon. The news gets much better for Black in the 2600-2699 region, with of course a much larger sample space. Now using the French results in a 57%-43% spread, one point worse than in the 2600 database as a whole (equivalent to 1 more loss in 100 games), and because of the rating differential the performance rating spread is only 9 points lower than the average of other openings (having the Sicilian Defence in the pool accounts for more than this gap.) In fact, this performance is as good as or better than other 1 e4 defences. Curiously, using the example above, the Petroff does poorly at this level with 59%-41% and a 41 point performance rating deficit below normal, even with a very large sample of games. Echometer Model D Manual Lawn.