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    Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
    It looks not so boring to me, an open board with opportunities for tactical play, white has the isolani and must always keep it in mind..maybe use it as a battering ram, or keep an eye on it in defence.. What I am trying to avoid is that horrific diagonal line of pawns in the Winawer where black's Queen causes grief down white's Queen side and white's tter open play where I can shine. Exchange against the French is most likely my way forward.
    Hey, don't ignore the sweet opening I suggested. That's where your success lies! 😀

    EDIT:Haha, oops, spoke too soon!
    😞
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    I used to hate the french too. Probably beacause i didn't know the lines very well.Now i started playing it and it's great also i feel more confident facing it now, i've stopped using the french exchange as a defence against it, but i'm still uncomfortable facing the classical line e4 e6 d4 d5 nc3 nf6. You cand try using the Tarrasch as a defence....the main line leads to a somewhat open position. Now that was a lot of offtopic, I've never faced the Millner-Barry gambit but i've watched 2 lectures on it on fics wich were pretty interesting.
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    Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
    I tried the tarrasch once Game 2189865,lost but quite liked it, I believe it's drawish at master level but it does seem quite open. Maybe I should try that for a few more games as well.
    Oh yeah, Tarrasch is pretty cool, but still...Reti Gambit is amazing.
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    Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
    That may have to be first on my list to try next actually.. Looks good..
    Here's another one I tried :
    Game 1814134
    2.g3 (or is it 2.g3? or 2.g3?! or 2.g3 !? 😉)
    Usual follow on:
    1.e4, e6
    2.g3, d5
    3.Nf3 de
    4. Bg2
    In this game, black transposed to a Sicilian, suiting me down to the ground.. but despite an early string of wins when using it I saw it to be suspect after a while.
    I think you may have made a mistake: Doesn't 4 Bg2 lose to 4...exf3? What am I missing here?
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    Morphy always played the Exchange Variation against the French ( 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 ed ed. It suited his aggressive style without making any positional concessions except the Black's "problem child", the Queen's Bishop, can find a happy home which is difficult to achieve in other variations of the French.
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    Playing the french, as white I like playing the Tarrasch, as black I particularly like playing against the advanced or Winawer. I love the French, but when white plays the exchange variation, I want to throw my keyboard through a window. I'll have to give the Reti gambit a go (thanks cmsMaster 😉) next time I play the French as white.
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    1.e4 e6
    2.Qe2
    It works.
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    Originally posted by English Tal
    1.e4 e6
    2.Qe2
    It works.
    I believe the variation cited is the Chigorin Variation. "Theory" says that Black should play 2...c5.
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    Originally posted by bosintang
    Playing the french, as white I like playing the Tarrasch, as black I particularly like playing against the advanced or Winawer. I love the French, but when white plays the exchange variation, I want to throw my keyboard through a window. I'll have to give the Reti gambit a go (thanks cmsMaster 😉) next time I play the French as white.
    One of the biggest prevelant myths in chess is that the Exchange French (1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 ed ed) significantly reduces Black's winning chances. Of course, that's true if Black plays symmetrically and trades off all of the rooks on the open e-file. But, if Black instead plays ...Bd6 and then ...Ne7 early on, the game becomes quite lively. See Capablanca-Alekhine, 1st Match Game, 1927 for an example of a nice win by Black.
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