Chess Openings – French Defense (Part–1)
The French Defense is a popular tactic often used against the white opening with e4. The illustration has been divided into two videos and we will be looking into the specifics in two parts. Watch both videos and then try this opening on your electronic chess set.
As white starts the move with e4, black responds with e6. Then the game moves on with white expanding its pieces with d4 and black responding with d5. The key strategy here lies in blocking the bishop, which white wants to bring out from f1 to c4 to place it diagonally to check f7. But first, black moves d5 to block d4.
No sooner than white responds with e5, you can move the black piece from c7 to c5. But this wouldn’t be sufficient to counter attack the white move.
Now what you have to watch out for is the options white has. White may respond with Nf3 to which the black can respond with nc6.
This is the first part of the French Defense shown in this video. You can watch the remaining lesson in part-2.
