Originally Posted by Phobetor
I have a question about the French (but not really Advance) too
Yesterday I played a game in the French Advance through transposition, and after 1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 Nd7 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. c3...
...I played 8... Be7 9. b3 f6?! 10. f5 fxe5 11. fxe6 Nf8 12. dxe5 Bxe6 13. Nf4 O-O-O.
Can anyone tell me if this is the best way for black to handle that position (and if black's position is better/worse after those moves) or if black should play it differently?
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I have to run now so have not time for my usually lengthy posts !
Howvwer, this is not an advance french, but we ended up by transposition into a Tarrasch French variation. If I recall correctly, Black has an ok game by means of Be7, 00 and fxe5, because there are thematic sacrifices on e5. In the long run, Black can also regroup by means of Rf7 and Nf8, and recycling the lightsquared bishop should not be a problem
Check out an old game of mine here, the scheme is similar, although not identical, however it can be instructive:
[Event "Koltanowski Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2000.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Snyder, L."]
[Black "Casadei, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3
Be7 9. Bh3 cxd4 10. cxd4 f6 11. Kf1 fxe5 12. fxe5 O-O 13. Kg2 Kh8 14. Ne2 Ndxe5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Rf1 Nxf3 17. Rxf3 Rxf3 18. Kxf3 e5 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Kg2 Rf8
21. Ng1 Rf2+ 22. Kh3 Qe6+ 23. g4 Qf6 24. g5 Qf5+ 25. Kg3 Rf1 0-1