Yevseev: Fighting the French: A New Concept the big greek Unlike more positional Sicilian variations

Unlike more positional Sicilian variations

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Even strong grandmasters suffer from blind spots that obscure some of the best ideas during a game

but emphasis is also placed on recognizing the connection between the solution (the combination type) and the underlying position type: the player should not only find the right solution

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Yevseev: Fighting the French: A New Concept the big greek Unlike more positional Sicilian variationsGM Yevseev suggests a new concept of combating the French. White plays 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 and then he deploys his pieces according to the scheme Ngf3, Bd3, c3, 00, 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. Contents Preface Part 1. The Rubinstein Variation: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 1 Various, 4 Nf6 2 4 Bd7 3 4 Nd7 Part 2. All Other