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In this video, IM Andrey Ostrovskiy continues the series on the French Defense with the Steinitz Variation. If white continues after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 with 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5, we enter the Steinitz Variation of the French Defense.
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Master, thank you for the amazing video. I wanted to ask you about the position on the 19.00. I opened the Lichess book of openings and I saw that dxc5 is the second choice. The first choice is a3. For example, I found several interesting games where I believe that white achieves a better position than the variant that you showed. For example 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 e5 Nd7 5 f4 c5 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 Be3 ( Boleslavsky Variation ) a6 8 Qd2 b5 9 and here not cxe5 but a3 Qb6 10 Ne2 Qc7 11 c3 Na5 12 Qc2 Be7 13 Ng3 Bb7. In this position Stockfish valutes + 0.6 and there are four matches bewtween masters in the Lichess Book with 4 victories for white. ( For example Pfiffner Peter vs Anhalt Dr.Horst Peter in 2012 ). Moreover at the 7° move an other chance for black is Be2. It's possible to have an other video with these lines ? Thanks again.
I dissagree with your assesment on the knight to e5 move, as the correct response to Bc4 would not be to break witht he usual c5 but on the contrary make proceed with a6 b5, facilitating the C5 thrust by making the white bishop a target. GM Simon Williams analyses this sideline interestingly
Great Content. Thank you 🙏❤
Very cool video! Thanks Andrey!
great video, FYI at 4:15 the line is suboptimal: stockfish recommends 10…exf6 capturing en passant (evaluated at +2.6, with the video line at +1.2)
Now at six and one half minutes, c5 plays more into white's plan, and they have accomodated our pawn play strategy then we hit back with a change up of strategems
very good explanations….i like your logical approch.
Excellent video!