Advance Variation against French and Caro-Kann Modern Chess

Advance Variation against French and Caro-Kann

The workshop Advance Variation against French and Caro-Kann is already a digital product.This product includes all the videos from the workshop as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of approximately 6 hours of video and a PGN database which includes 73 files! 

You will find the following lectures:

1) Typical Structures in the Advance Variation of French Defence – GM Petar Arnaudov 

2) Theoretical Overview – GM Petar Arnaudov

3) Typical Structures in the Advance Variation of Caro-Kann – GM Ioannis Papaioannou

4) Theoretical Overview – GM Ioannis Papaioannou

Now, we shall take a look at the different lectures.

Typical Structures in the Advance Variation of French Defence

The main position of the Advance Variation arises after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5

GM Petar Arnaudov introduces the subject in the following way:

The Advanced Variation in French Defence was always considered very interesting for White but was somehow underestimated. In recent years, this variation has a new life. White found some fascinating gambit ideas, and nowadays, this has become a deadly weapon in the hands of  White players. White has a space advantage from the start, but Black is getting counterplay against White’s centre and sometimes on the queenside.  Precise knowledge of the theory is not required here; I believe that if you learn good tactical and positional ideas, you will be ready to play this line,  even without studying 20+ moves theory. I will explain the main concepts and most critical structures in this lecture. I will also give you some theoretical guidelines. Please note that I am not providing you with a  complete repertoire, but you can use my suggestions as a base.

In the article featuring the typical pawn structures, GM Arnaudov examines the following 3 typical pawn structures:

Structure 1

This is one of the essential structures. We usually get it when White takes on c5.

Structure 2

This is another fundamental structure in Advanced French. We reach it after White takes Black’s knight on f5.

Structure 3

This important pawn structure arises when Black plays …f7-f6 followed by …fxe5.

In the lecture featuring the typical pawn structures, you will find 11 extensively annotated model games.

Below, you can find one of them.