The Even More Flexible French - Strategic Ideas & Powerful Weapons - Viktor Moskalenko

Table of contents

006 Explanation of Symbols

007 On ‘The Even More Flexible French’

008 Foreword

010 Seven Symbols

011 Part One - Advance Variation - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5

013 Chapter 1 - Looking for Satisfaction: 5...Qb6 6.a3 Nh6

031 Chapter 2 - Bringing the King’s Knight Straight into Play: 5...Nh6/5...Nge7

038 Chapter 3 - Don’t Touch the French Bishop on c8!: 4.../5...Bd7

044 Chapter 4 - The Problematic 6.Bd3

050 Chapter 5 - A Dynamic Set-up against Nimzowitsch’s Gambit: 4.Qg4

055 Chapter 6 - Labyrinths of the Old System: 6...c4

085 Part Two - Tarrasch Variation - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2

087 Chapter 7 - Beyond Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7

097 Chapter 8 - Salto Mortale: 9.Nf4

103 Chapter 9 - Fianchetto versus Symmetry: 7.Ngf3 g6

113 Chapter 10 - Plan with the Exchange Bc8xBf1: 6...b6

123 Chapter 11 - A Pawn Wedge: 5.f4

139 Chapter 12 - Romanishin Variation: 3...Be7

161 Chapter 13 - A French-Scandinavian Hybrid: 3...c5 4.exd5 Qxd5

177 Part Three - Classical System - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6

178 Chapter 14 - Morozevich’s Resources: 4.e5 Nfd7

195 Chapter 15 - The Proper Scope of the Move 7...Be7

207 Chapter 16 - Use Your Own Head in the French!: 8...Qb6

219 Chapter 17 - A Legendary Pin: 4.Bg5 Bb4

250 Chapter 18 - Russian Roulette: 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5

267 Part Four - Winawer Variation - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4

269 Chapter 19 - My System in the Winawer: 4.e5 b6 5.Qg4 Bf8

278 Chapter 20 - The Old Winawer: 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7

291 Chapter 21 - Black Queen Blues (Portisch/Hook Variation): 6...Qa5

319 Part Five - Surprise Weapons for Dynamic Chess Players

320 Chapter 22 - How to Break the Symmetry (the Exchange French): 3.exd5

332 Chapter 23 - King’s Indian Attack: 2.d3 d5

338 Chapter 24 - Weathering the Storm: 3...Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 0-0

343 Chapter 25 - Kortchnoi’s Wedge: 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4

346 Chapter 26 - R\u233? ti/Papa Gambit: 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2

355 Game List

358 Index of Variations

363 Biography/Bibliography