Playable against almost anything that Black may play
Nowadays the French Defence 1…e6 is one of the most popular openings in response to 1.e4. I’d like to suggest a new concept of combating it.
White plays 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 and then deploys his pieces according to the scheme Ngf3, Bd3, c3, 0-0, against almost anything that Black may play.This will usually lead to exchanges in the centre and the appearance of an isolated queen’s pawn for White.
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Denis Yevseev is a grandmaster. He is the winner of many international tournaments as Taraus open (Tampere) 2002, the Petrov Memorial (St. Petersburg) 2002, Vashilishin Memorial (Lvov) 2009…