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Re: Some Q's concerning the French Defence.
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 10:20 pm
by Nick Grey
Bobby had trouble against the French Defence. Note W.Uhlmann. I think 7. a4 is wrong. I try others.
1 game against Chris Clegg with Black. He always played it I lost.
Re: Some Q's concerning the French Defence.
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 4:03 am
by MJMcCready
Yes , that was a known weakness of his at that time but regarding the game in 1960 against Ulhmann I think he was okay in the opening, he just got outplayed in the middlegame and endgame.
Re: Some Q's concerning the French Defence.
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:38 pm
by Nick Ivell
The Uhlmann game was uploaded to the relevant obit thread. Well worth a look.
Re: Some Q's concerning the French Defence.
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:06 pm
by MJMcCready
Has anyone ever played the two knight's variation against the French? Is it worth a peak, there appear to be lines, the sort of which you would expect to see in one of Nimzowitch's games.
Re: Some Q's concerning the French Defence.
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:33 pm
by Nick Ivell
Never played it. Might be ok against the Caro, but you can't expect anything with it against the French.
Re: Some Q's concerning the French Defence.
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:35 pm
by Nick Grey
Haldane Hack worth a punt. Robin asked how I doing today.
Re: Some Q's concerning the French Defence.
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:35 pm
by Nick Grey
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Re: Some Q's concerning the French Defence.
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:44 am
by JustinHorton
There's an edit function
Re: Some Q's concerning the French Defence.
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 2:12 pm
by Matt Mackenzie
And a delete one (for when people inadvertently duplicate posts, in particular)
Surprising how many don't know all this.
Re: Some Q's concerning the French Defence.
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:02 pm
by MJMcCready
Nick Ivell wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:33 pm
Never played it. Might be ok against the Caro, but you can't expect anything with it against the French.
Yes suspect you're right there. Seems very much like the sort of thing I used to see in Nimzowitch's games, all very retro.