Chess Openings French: Von Boyage to The Game
In a world where intelligence is highly looked up to, surely one would consider chess as one of its realm. But being considered as such, chess paves some branches branching out to new and different arena of ideas. Etymologies are very important in chess. Take the word “opening” as an example. In chess, “opening” means a series of moves and a stage of a game. With the vast definitions that dictionaries give, chess players must not be trapped in the ambiguity of this word. As the definitions entail, chess, at its earliest stage is known as the opening. On the other hand, series of moves are recognized as opening moves, which are done by the White and is countered by the Black. One form of a chess openings is French Defense.
As stated, the chess opening French is a form of chess opening which is characterized by using “algebraic notation.” This “algebraic notation” is a method widely used by chess organization and those that concerns chess in describing and recording the play of the chess games. This has been the replacement of the “descriptive chess notation” but there is still literature that made use of this notation. In most cases, the algebraic notation “e4 e6” is used followed by “d4 d5.” With this kind of defense, you are assured of the resilience and solidity in the game. But you must expect that in the start of the game, the Black might the cramped path. Expectedly, the White has gains concentration in the king-side while the black has its possibilities of counter-attacks on the queen-side.
If one might ask the etymology of the word French Defense, in 1834 it is named after a game that is played by an alliance amid the cities of Paris and London. It became more popular as the defense for the “e4.” Among the people who became fond of using this defense are Nigel Short, Viktor Korchnoi, and Wolfgang Uhlmann. Even up to present, this defense was used and among the prominent people who used it for his advantage is Teimour Radjabov and Evgeny Bareev in repertoire that in 2003 the latter defeated Garry Kasparov thus making him the first player who’s born since Kasparov invaded the world championship.
There are also variations that be used in using this defense. The first one is the Exchange Variation which has the reputation being dull but ensuring the safety of the White. Why? Because of the simple reason that the White is the first one to do its move, however draws are also usual in this kind of variation. Next is the Advance variation which is regarded as the best continuation Aron Nimzowitsch. The other one is the Tarrasch variation named after Siegbert Tarrasch. It used by players in seeking safe and small advantage. In addition it also has a passive but not quite bad move, the Rubinstein Variation named after Akiba Rubinstein.
This defense is actually a helpful opening in winning a chess game. All you need to do is embark on it and the rest will be a Bon Voyage.