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Playing the French The French Defence is one of the most solid and strategically rich responses to 1.e4. Many opening lines have been analysed to death by computer, but the French is

relatively resistant to this growing trend, as the characteristic blocked pawn centre leads to situations where a player with superior understanding can overcome an opponent whose expertise

lies in computer-assisted preparation.

Playing the French Acclaimed authors Ntirlis and Aagaard present a complete repertoire for Black based on 3.Nc3 Nf6 and 3.Nd2 c5. With many new discoveries and detailed explanations of

positional and strategic motifs, this book is essential reading for those playing this complex opening with either colour.

Playing the French

Nikolaos Ntirlis is a computer specialist and supplier of opening ideas for many grandmasters.

GM Jacob Aagaard is the only chess author to have won all the major Book of the Year awards.

For the last two years of my active career as a chess player my openings were decided in Skype conversations with Nikos – if I was not simply following the files he had sent.

We studied the Tarrasch Defence extensively together and I had a fantastic plus five score until we published our book on it (Grandmaster Repertoire 10 – The Tarrasch Defence).

At the 2011 Danish Championship I followed his recommendations in all the games and had about 40 minutes more on the clock on average when we guessed the right variations.

I also had an advantage in almost all of the games.

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