{"product_id":"9781781947081-play-the-french-with-3dxe4","title":"Play the French with 3...dxe4","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book discusses and analyses an important chess variation that is very modern and yet highly under-represented in chess literature.\u003cbr\u003eThe variation of the French that starts 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 (or 3 Nd2) 3 . dxe4 is often called the Rubinstein Variation. It is a great way to simplify the position and ensure that the middlegame battle rewards strategic understanding rather than rote memorisation of opening moves. It is also a very useful weapon to defuse the attacking intentions of aggressive White players who plan an all-out assault in the main lines of the French Defence.An important feature of the lines after 3.dxe4 4 Nxe4 is that Black has various different ways to continue. 4 . Nd7 is the most common but 4 . Bd7 (planning . Bc6 – the Fort Knox Variation), 4 . Be7 and 4 . Nf6 are all possible. All these lines are covered in the book.Finally, White can, of course, avoid the 3 . dxe4 variation with (amongst others) the Advance Variation, 3 e5. Martin provides antidotes to all these possible sidelines and so the variations in the book provide a complete repertoire to meet 1 e4.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41033829351521,"sku":"9781781947081","price":20.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28627192.jpg?v=1722759429","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781781947081-play-the-french-with-3dxe4","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}