Miedema: The Modernized French Defense - Volume 2: Against the Tarrasch CBH During the 2008 Dutch Youth

During the 2008 Dutch Youth Championships (U20)

Insider perspective from Kramnik's longtime manager and biographer Carsten Hensel

Award-winning author Charles Hertan knows what kids really need to know (and want to know) about getting their pawns and pieces ready for action

wie das Schachspiel längst die Grenzen des Spielbretts überschritten hat

The Rubinstein Variation: 1

Miedema: The Modernized French Defense - Volume 2: Against the Tarrasch CBH During the 2008 Dutch YouthHere we are, together on this page, both interested in the French Defence with 3. Nc3 Bb4. Before telling you what you can learn from this opening, let me tell you a little story about my journey in the French. I started playing the French after reading John Watson's Play the French, which improved my play a lot. I learned that the French is a positional yet concrete opening, and many of my young opponents couldn't grasp its subtleties. Moreover, many