C01 French: Exchange Variation (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6)

I may be a bit busy this weekend but I will still try to update the blog in the best way possible. As I need to divide my time a bit more maybe than usual, I do this update between rounds of a close chess tournament. Every spare time that I can muster from playing that tournament and moving in my 237 or so correspondence chess games, I use to put more puzzles here and at least one new fully analysed game a day. I have added a bit more puzzles for you to solve in each of the categories starting from mate in ones and ending at a mate in seven exercise. Until next time, my fellow chess enthusiasts.

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Move	N	Result	Elo

1.e4	1,166,623	54%	2421
1.d4	947,298	55%	2434
1.Nf3	281,602	56%	2441
1.c4	182,102	56%	2442
1.g3	19,702	56%	2427
1.b3	14,265	54%	2427
1.f4	5,897	48%	2377
1.Nc3	3,801	51%	2384
1.b4	1,756	48%	2380
1.a3	1,206	54%	2404
1.e3	1,068	48%	2408
1.d3	954	50%	2378
1.g4	664	46%	2360
1.h4	446	53%	2374
1.c3	433	51%	2426
1.h3	280	56%	2418
1.a4	110	60%	2466
1.f3	92	46%	2436
1.Nh3	89	66%	2508
1.Na3	42	62%	2482

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1.e4 1.c4 e5 1...Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 e5 4.d4 exd4 1-0 (16) Cano Aguilera,D (1600)-Torres,C (1850) Bogota 2016 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.exd4 1/2-1/2 (48) Fodor,T (2430)-Erdelyi,Z (2380) Budapest 2009 1...e6 1...d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.d4 1-0 (47) Slawtschew,S (1663)-Gasch,F (1526) Leutersdorf 2003 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation. Monte Carlo Variation Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 C01 French: Exchange Variation 5...Be6= 6.Bg5 White should try 6.Nf3 6...dxc4 6...Bb4 6...Be7 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 dxc4 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.d5 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Ne5 12.f4 Nd7 13.Bxc4 0-0 14.0-0 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qf6 16.Qg4 Nb6 17.Bb3 a5 18.Rac1 Rfe8 19.c4 Re4 20.c5 Rxf4 21.Qg3 Fodor,T (2430)-Erdelyi,Z (2380) Budapest 2009 1/2-1/2 (48) 7.Bxc4 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bxc4 Be7 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nd4 Nd7 15.f4 Nb6 16.Bb3 h6 17.f5 Bh7 18.Ne4 Be5 19.Nf3 Re8 1/2-1/2 (19) Asanin,V-Sobic,D (1973) Niksic 2017 7...Be7N 7...Qxd4= 8.Qe2+ 8.Qxd4 Nxd4 9.0-0-0 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 c6 11.Nc7+ Kd8 12.Nxa8 Nc2+ 13.Kd2 Nxa1 14.Ne2 Bb4+ 15.Kc1 Be6 16.Rd1+ Kc8 17.Bxe6+ fxe6 18.Nf4 Re8 19.Kb1 b5 20.Kxa1 Kb7 21.Rd7+ Kxa8 22.Rxh7 e5 23.Nd3 Bd6 Lupkowski,E (2155)-Wegner,R (2120) Brzeg Dolny 1995 1/2-1/ 2 (53) 9...Ne6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nb5 Ke7 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Nf3 c6 14.Nd6 b5 15.Bb3 Bh6 16.Nf5+ 1-0 (16) Cano Aguilera,D (1600)-Torres,C (1850) Bogota 2016 8...Qe5 8...Be7 9.Nf3 Qc5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 Qd6 12.Rd1 Kf8 13.0-0 Rb8 14.Rfe1 Qe6 15.Nxe7 Qxe2 16.Rxe2 Nxe7 17.Rd8+ Kg7 18.Rxh8 Kxh8 19.Rxe7 Be6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Rxe6 Rd8 22.g3 Rd1+ 23.Kg2 Slawtschew,S (1663) -Gasch,F (1526) Leutersdorf 2003 1-0 (47) 8.Bxf6 White should play 8.Nf3 8...Bxf6 9.Qh5?

9.Qe2+= and White is okay. Kf8 10.Rd1 9...0-0-+ 10.d5? 10.0-0-0 10...Qe7+ 11.Nge2? 11.Kf1 Ne5 12.Re1 11...Nd4? 11...Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Ne5 12.0-0 12.d6! Qxd6 12...cxd6 13.0-0 13.0-0 12...Qb4 13.Bd3

13...g6 14.Qh6 Qxb2 15.Nxd4? 15.Qe3 15...Qxc3 Accuracy: White = 5%, Black = 28%. 0–1

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White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

coyote78

2038

Vierjoki,T

2030

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