SHOPWORN - The Exchange French Comes to Life

SHOPWORN - The Exchange French Comes to LifeIn the first book ever exclusively devoted to the Exchange French Variation, American grandmaster Alex Fishbein recognizes that the Exchange French is an opening for a player who likes active piece play, fights for the initiative, excels in positions with possibilities on both sides of the board, and finds strategic and tactical nuances that arise out of almost nothing. And if you play the French as Black, then this book will help you deal with Whites

As an internationally renowned endgame expert he is the author of the endgame column in ChessBase Magazine and a regular monthly columnist for ChessCafe

This rating is based on the difficulty of the problem

Tactics in chess are sequences of moves which limit the opponent's options and may result in a tangible gain by force

In well-organized chapters it describes the history and underlying ideas of the variation and explains the pawn-structures

27 out of 5    ECOB78

and is generally characterized by White playing his pawns to d4 & e3

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The pieces are carefully weighted for consistency

an essential skill for every serious chess player

Polgar played in many top tournaments and was a dangerous opponent for the top male players

Not a fan of the Indian games either

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