Okay so the French Exchange is considered to be soooooo boring that practically no chess authors give it any notice in their books. For me, however, I have the French Exchange. I can never find any activity for my pieces, and subsequently lose several games because I get sort of bored with how the game is going and slip into a disadvantage.
Anyway, most of the time I reach the Exchange Version it is via transposition.
1. e4 e6
2. Nf3 d5
3. exd5 exd5
4. d4 and here we are in a familiar position with the knight on f3.
I was wondering if there is any standard way for black to avoid the Exchange version, or if there are any ideas on what approach to take against it once it does happen. In the line above, I have recently tried 2. ... c5, but I'm not entirely sure about it.
thoughts and comments would be great.
Thanks all.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=C01
I would suggest there.
Perhaps the notable games by black? Or french games by Petrosian, Botvinnik, Korchnoi might be a good starting place? You could also ask Weyerstrass for advice, he plays the french a good deal.
Originally posted by dzhafnerthnx a bunch.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=C01
I would suggest there.
Perhaps the notable games by black? Or french games by Petrosian, Botvinnik, Korchnoi might be a good starting place? You could also ask Weyerstrass for advice, he plays the french a good deal.
You can let them play it but then follow up with c5 - that gives you a more unbalanced position where black has the isolated d5 pawn but a very dynamic position to try and work some tactics against his opponent.
Other then that, you will just have to stop playing the french if you dont like that opening - you will find you face it fairly frequently as it is a good way for white to eliminate most of blacks theory - try something more ambitious like the sicillian if you want a sharp game without worrying about white being drawish.
It's not boring, players make it boring.
John Watson gives some excellent stuff for Black v the exchange.
So much so that I'm considering playing it as White and dropping
a tempo. 4.Bb5+ c6 5.Bd3 just so I can I use all the Black ideas
as White.
White can get himself into 'what plan Zuggers' by that I mean what
ever method off developemnt he chooses Black can create an active
counter plan.
I like the idea of dropping a tempo as White.
Black pays £14.95 for a book on the French and ends up playing
against it. Classic.
Originally posted by greenpawn34haha nice. I'll give it some more work as you guys have suggested.
It's not boring, players make it boring.
John Watson gives some excellent stuff for Black v the exchange.
So much so that I'm considering playing it as White and dropping
a tempo. 4.Bb5+ c6 5.Bd3 just so I can I use all the Black ideas
as White.
White can get himself into 'what plan Zuggers' by that I mean what
ever method off developemnt he c ...[text shortened]... White.
Black pays £14.95 for a book on the French and ends up playing
against it. Classic.
just going to the first thing google could give me, a guy recommends a bishop on d6, f5 and a pawn on f6(!?). ill try it out, probably in some blitz games first so i get the feel for things.
Originally posted by Big Orange Countryjust in time:
Okay so the French Exchange is considered to be soooooo boring that practically no chess authors give it any notice in their books. For me, however, I have the French Exchange. I can never find any activity for my pieces, and subsequently lose several games because I get sort of bored with how the game is going and slip into a disadvantage.
Anyw ...[text shortened]... ... c5, but I'm not entirely sure about it.
thoughts and comments would be great.
Thanks all.
http://www.chess.com/article/view/beating-the-exchange-french
Originally posted by greenpawn34Kasparov beat French Defence expert Korchnoi with the exchange. So it can't be that dull !!
It's not boring, players make it boring.
John Watson gives some excellent stuff for Black v the exchange.
So much so that I'm considering playing it as White and dropping
a tempo. 4.Bb5+ c6 5.Bd3 just so I can I use all the Black ideas
as White.
White can get himself into 'what plan Zuggers' by that I mean what
ever method off developemnt he c ...[text shortened]... White.
Black pays £14.95 for a book on the French and ends up playing
against it. Classic.
If you don't like the normal lines as White, you can play the c4 variation invented by Waitzkin and Ashley. Waitzkin comments on some of his games in the line on the Chessmaster software.