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Is the French opening any good?

Is the French opening any good?

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Originally posted by claretnblue
Having met both Kasparov and Short. Nigel Short is one hell of a nice guy who beat me easily in a simul, i have met him a few times and had letters from him,he is a straight forward good guy and a world class player.
Kasparov i have met twice (never played) he is one of the alltime great players, but in my experience an arrogant bore full of his own sel ...[text shortened]... t up the return match well and Kasparov wouldn't have lost on purpose for any price, would he?
Explain your "cheated" term if you will.

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Originally posted by gambit3
Explain your "cheated" term if you will.
Kasparov broke the touch rule in his game against Polgar in 1994. He is probably greatest chess player of all times, but definetely not the greatest sportman. His behaviour during last year Linares best game nomination was not very nice either.

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Originally posted by TovMauzer
Kasparov broke the touch rule in his game against Polgar in 1994. He is probably greatest chess player of all times, but definetely not the greatest sportman. His behaviour during last year Linares best game nomination was not very nice either.
You are saying he touched a piece without saying I adjust and was not required to move said piece? How did he get away with that? Kids play the game that way. I once saw a tennis player say that he touched the net . The play was reversed to Game set and match.

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Originally posted by gambit3
You are saying he touched a piece without saying I adjust and was not required to move said piece? How did he get away with that? Kids play the game that way. I once saw a tennis player say that he touched the net . The play was reversed to Game set and match.
He played Nd7-c5 and then quickly changed his mind and move his knight to f8. Arbiter did not notice this, Polgar was visibly surprised, but played on and lost eventually.

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Originally posted by TovMauzer
He played Nd7-c5 and then quickly changed his mind and move his knight to f8. Arbiter did not notice this, Polgar was visibly surprised, but played on and lost eventually.
I found the game in ChessMaster's analyzed games. The Knight move to c5 is a blunder. A 1500 point USCF rated player should not make such a blunder? ChessMaster stated that Polgar was low on time and was affriad to protest and risk being punished with time taken off her clock. She was also concerned that it might cost her a chance of another such tournament invite. It was also stated that he had lost grip of the Knight for 1/5 of a second. I do not know if you are allowed to move a piece and see that it is a bad move then move it to another square in the same motion.

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Originally posted by gambit3
I found the game in ChessMaster's analyzed games. The Knight move to c5 is a blunder. A 1500 point USCF rated player should not make such a blunder? ChessMaster stated that Polgar was low on time and was affriad to protest and risk being punished with time taken off her clock. She was also concerned that it might cost her a chance of another such tournament ...[text shortened]... o move a piece and see that it is a bad move then move it to another square in the same motion.
in one motion is ok, but not after releasing the piece, Kasparov's shame was compounded when a video of his fingers letting go was shown, i heard he punished Polgar for her after game remarks by only agreeing to participate in events if she wasn't invited. Quite a gentleman, he would love RHP 😵

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http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070704

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I've been playing the French defense for 20+ years and can say with some experience that it is a rock solid defense for black giving a lot of fine opportunities to crack the white position. That is especially the case if the opponent knows less about the opening than you do ;-)

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BORRING!!! LEARN A NEW OPENING!!! 😉

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Originally posted by marinakatomb
BORRING!!! LEARN A NEW OPENING!!! 😉
right on :-) I can't stand the french

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Originally posted by marinakatomb
BORRING!!! LEARN A NEW OPENING!!! 😉
From my experience it is entertaining. Black can handle French either in the solid or very aggresive fashion. But French is not easy, especially if you play for a win. Often one small mistake leads to the quick disaster. I had many of this:-)

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Originally posted by TovMauzer
From my experience it is entertaining. Black can handle French either in the solid or very aggresive fashion. But French is not easy, especially if you play for a win. Often one small mistake leads to the quick disaster. I had many of this:-)
A guy at my club always plays it so i stopped playing e4, not cos i was loosing, cos it just borred me, same old same old if u ask me.😛😕

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Originally posted by marinakatomb
A guy at my club always plays it so i stopped playing e4, not cos i was loosing, cos it just borred me, same old same old if u ask me.😛😕
White have a lot of different options against French. So it is up to you to have something fresh on the board without betraying e4:-)

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Nah, e4's borring too 😲

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Originally posted by marinakatomb
Nah, e4's borring too 😲
You should not care about French at all then:-)