In this book you will not find the equivocal answer to principled questions of the type “Can you equalize by playing the French defence?”,
or “Can White obtain a convincing advantage after 1...е6?”. Chess is a mini-model of life and the same principles are applicable – there are many questions and no final answers. We have already seen in the French defence striking novelties in variations with perfect reputation, as well as rehabilitation of lines long past and forgotten. Accordingly, I have decided to present to my readers the French defence – the way I see and understand it.
GM Nikita Vitiugov
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