C16 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5: Lines without ...c5 (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Qg4)

The French Defense has intrigued me quite some time and lately this year I have tried to play on several occasions, usually with bad results. I have mostly played against 1.e4 the move e5 since as long as I remember and I think it suits me better than the French but as I have played the same stuff for years I want to sometimes experiment on something different. My really bad results at Chess.com might be due to the openings I have tried to play there, at least some of the reason might be there. If I would play my tried and true openings I might get better results. At least for the time being, I am trying the new stuff in order to get maybe some fresh ideas on how to play the game. In case your wondering, I did not update my older posts today, since there was no suitable game to add there.

Game number two. This was played in the first round of the WORLD OPEN RAPID tournament that was held at the FIDE Online Arena on April 10th 2015. This was the second tournament in a row at FOA where I lost a game on the first round against much lower rated player. The only two times I have faced this opponent, have been on the first round of these tournaments but the result was favorable to me in the first encounter. I had chances to win this game as well but misplayed and gave too much play for my opponent.

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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 C16 French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation Ne7 5.Qg4 C16 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5: Lines without ...c5 Ng6 5...c5! keeps the upper hand. 6.h4 6.a3± Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 6...h5!= 7.Qg3! c5! 8.Nf3N 8.Bd3± cxd4 9.Bxg6 9.a3 Be7 10.Nce2 Bxh4 11.Qh3 Bxf2+ 12.Kxf2 Nxe5 13.Qg3 Qf6+ 14.Nf3 Nbc6 15.Bg5 Nxd3+ 16.cxd3 Qf5 17.Nf4 g6 18.Qh4 Rf8 19.Bf6 Bd7 20.Rac1 Rc8 21.Rhe1 Rg8 22.b4 a6 23.Rc5 Kf8 Robson,R (2615)-Roselli Mailhe,B (2449) Campinas 2013 1-0 (35) 9...fxg6 10.Qxg6+ Kd7 11.a3 Be7 12.Nce2 Nc6 13.Nf3 Qe8 14.Qg3 Qf7 15.Nexd4 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 a6 17.Be3 Ke8 18.Rh3 Bd7 19.Bg5 Rc8 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Qg6+ Qf7 22.Qd3 Rh6 23.Rg3 Md Saiful Islam,C (2120)-Alam,B (1858) Dhaka 2018 1-0 (34) 8.a3 Bxc3+ 8...cxd4 9.axb4 dxc3 10.Bd3 cxb2 11.Bxb2 Ne7 12.Qxg7 Rg8 13.Qh7 Qb6 14.Ne2 Qxb4+ 15.Bc3 Qg4 16.f3 Qg7 17.Qxg7 Rxg7 18.Nf4 Nd7 19.Kf2 Nc6 20.Nxh5 Rg8 21.f4 Rh8 22.g4 Nc5 23.Nf6+ Manthey,F-Hauer,N Grünheide 1997 1-0 (42) 9.bxc3 cxd4 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.Ne2 Qxe5 12.f4 Qf6 13.Nxd4 a6 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.Rb1 b5 16.Nf3 Nc6 17.0-0 0-0 18.Rbe1 Rfe8 19.Ng5 Rac8 20.Qf3 Nxh4 21.Qxh5 Qh6 22.Qxf7+ Kh8 Schmidt,J (2163)-Seiler,D Leipzig 2000 1-0 8...Nc6 8...cxd4 9.Nxd4 0-0 9.a3 9.Bd3!± 9...cxd4 9...Qa5!= 10.Bd2 Nxd4 10.axb4±

And now Nb5 would win. 10...dxc3 11.bxc3 11.Bd3!± 11...Qc7!= 12.Bf4 12.Kd1= remains equal. 12...Nce7? 12...Nxb4! stays on course. 13.Kd2 Nxf4 14.Qxf4 Nc6 13.Bd2 13.Ra3!± 13...Nf5! 14.Qh2 Bd7 14...Nh6= 15.Bd3

aiming for Bxf5. 15...Nfe7 15...0-0= 16.Qg3 Nf5? 16...0-0± is more resistant. 17.Bxf5!+- exf5 18.0-0? 18.e6!+- Qxg3 18...Bxe6 19.Qxc7 19.exd7+ Kxd7 20.fxg3 18...0-0 19.Rfe1 f4 20.Qg5 Bg4 21.Nd4 Qe7 22.Qxe7 22.Bxf4 Qxg5 23.Bxg5 22...Nxe7± 23.Bxf4 Ng6 23...Be6 24.Bg3 Better is 24.Bd2 24...Rfe8 24...a6± 25.Ra5 25.Nb5!+- 25...Be6 26.f4 Strongly threatening f5. Ne7 27.Rea1 27.Rf1! 27...Rec8 27...a6± keeps fighting. 28.Be1 28.Rxa7+- Rxa7 29.Rxa7 28...a6 29.b5 29.Bd2± 29...Rc5 29...Nf5 30.Nb3 Rc4 31.g3 White is pushing. Bc8 32.bxa6 bxa6 32...Rxa6 33.Rxa6 bxa6 33.Kf2 33.Nd4± 33...Nc6 33...f6 34.Rxd5 Be6 34...Bf5± was necessary. 35.Rd6 g6 35.Rc5 Ne7 35...Rxc5± was worth a try. 36.Nxc5 Bc8 36.Ke3 Rxc5 37.Nxc5 Bc4 38.Kd4 Bb5 39.c4 Rd8+ 40.Kc3 Rc8 41.Bf2 Resist 41.cxb5 Rxc5+ 42.Kd4 Rxb5+- Less strong is 41.Nxa6 Rxc4+ 42.Kb3 Rc8± 41...Be8 42.Rxa6 Nf5 43.Ne4 Bb5 44.Ra5 Bxc4 45.Rc5 45.Nd6+- Nxd6 46.exd6 Be6+ 47.Kd3 45...Rxc5 46.Nxc5 Endgame KBN-KBN Be2 47.Kb4 Kf8 48.Ne4 Ke7 49.c4 Kd7 50.Ng5 Ke8 Black should play 50...f6 51.Kc5 Ne7 52.Ne4 Nc8 52...Nf5± is a better defense. 53.Kb4 Bf3 53.Nd6+? 53.f5+- and White stays clearly on top. 53...Nxd6 54.exd6 Threatens to win with Kc6. KB-KB Kd7 55.Kd5 Bf3+ 56.Kc5 g6 57.Bd4 Ke6 58.Bc3 Kd7 59.Bf6 Be2 59...Bc6± 60.Bb2 Bh1 60.Be7 60.Kd5!+- and the rest is easy. 60...Bd3 60...Bf3± might work better. 61.Bf6 Bg2 61.Kb5 61.Kd5+- is more deadly. 61...Be2 62.Kc5 Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 30%. ½–½

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