Miedema: The Modernized French Defense - Volume 2: Against the Tarrasch topmaterial Lxc4 b5) and Anti-Meran (6

Lxc4 b5) and Anti-Meran (6

so working through both volumes in order provides the complete repertoire system

to stay competitive after passing forty years of age

Benoni and various d-pawns specials

Miedema: The Modernized French Defense - Volume 2: Against the Tarrasch topmaterial Lxc4 b5) and Anti-Meran (6Here we are, together on this page, both interested in the French Defence with 3. Nc3 Bb4. Before telling you what you can learn from this opening, let me tell you a little story about my journey in the French. I started playing the French after reading John Watson's Play the French, which improved my play a lot. I learned that the French is a positional yet concrete opening, and many of my young opponents couldn't grasp its subtleties. Moreover, many