Chess Openings – French Defense (Part–2)
A continuation from Part-1, the next move after Nf3, white responds with c3. In this video we see the black opponent moving the queen to b6. This sets up a very strong defense with bishop covering d5 along with the pawn, knight and queen providing a solid cover. Now queen is also attacking b2 which is a very strong position. If you notice in the video, the illustrator clearly explains that the queen can form a very strong attack on the pawn in b2 as well as the rook in a1, and also keep an eye on c3 (in case white moves nb1 to nd2), which is a position to check the king. There is a possibility of white in this situation moving the bishop to e2. Probably you may respond by placing the knight in h6.
The positions on the chess board at this point look very interesting as the whole diagonal path is open from c1 to h6 where the black knight is currently placed. This gives the white opponent something to think about. White may want to just get aggressive and attack nh6 with its bishop, which opens the way for black queen to capture b2 and slowly expand itself further to capture a3 and the rook.
The second option we can look at is, after the e4 and e5 at the opening, the next move is the d4 and d5 as exactly explained in part-1. But instead of moving c2 to c3, the white moves Nb1 to Nc3. To counter attack the white, the Ng8 is moved to Ng6. Please watch the video for further explanation. Then grab your favorite chess set and give it a try!
[...] This is the first part of the French Defense shown in this video. You can watch the remaining lesson in part-2. [...]