Setting traps all over the board | Morozevich - Nestor | French defence

Morozevich plays against his trademark French defence. He is not being too ambitios with the opening, tring to trick his opponent into a mistake. Even though advantage of white is not that big, Moro goes into the endgame with two bishop advantage.



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Morozevich, Alexander (2659)
Nestor, Kaarel (2154)
Event: European Blitz 2019
Site: Tallinn EST Date: 12/07/2019
Round: 4.2 Score: 1-0
ECO: C10 French, Rubinstein, Capablanca line
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Ne5 a6 8.Be3 Bd6 9.Qf3 c5 10.O-O-O cxd4 11.Bxd4 Qe7 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.Nb6 Bxb6 14.Bxb6 O-O 15.Qe3 Ng4 16.Qc3 e5 17.f3 Qg5+ 18.Kb1 Nf6 19.h4 Qf4 20.Be3 Qa4 21.b3 Qc6 22.Qxc6 bxc6 23.Bc5 Re8 24.g4 e4 25.g5 Nd5 26.Re1 Bf5 27.Bg2 Nf4 28.Bf1 Nd5 29.Kb2 a5 30.fxe4 Bxe4 31.Rh2 Bf5 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Re2 Be6 34.c4 Nf4 35.Rd2 Ng6 36.h5 Nf4 37.h6 f6 38.gxf6 gxh6 39.Rd6 Kf7 40.Rxc6 Kxf6 41.Rc7 Bf5 42.Bd4+ Kg5 43.c5 h5 44.c6 h4 45.Rg7+ Bg6 46.c7 h3 47.Re7 Rc8 48.Bg1 Kf6 49.Rd7 Bf5 50.Rd6+ Ne6 51.Bh2 Ke7 52.Rc6 Kd7 53.Bb5 Nd4 1-0


The French Defense is a sharp counterattacking weapon against white’s King Pawn opening.

1. e4 e6

From black’s first move, he looks to black the a2-g8 diagonal which is usually a big weakness for black and prepares to take control of the light squares in the center after 2.d5. Some of the greatest players of all time have had a hard time playing against the French Defense because it plays so much differently than a normal black defense.

The biggest problem you will see if you are black is the blocked bishop on the queen side that is blocked by the very first move of 1.e6. Many times the entire game will revolve around this key weakness of black’s. Always know your weaknesses in a chess game.

One of the big concepts to notice about the French Defense is that black usually counterattacks on the queen side while white will normally focus on the king side. This type of game can many types turn into a race to see who can strike first.

The French Defense ranks second in popularity only to the Sicilian against white’s 1.e4 and as many chess games start with 1.e4, the French Defense is a very good tool to have your chess repertoire.


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