Crushing the French
Submitted by
Phobetor on Wed, 08/27/2008 at 1:43pm.
In a recent game I played, I encountered a French opening and answered it with the French Advance. After the inclusion of the moves a2-a3 and a7-a5, black was practically unable to accept the Milner-Barry gambit, which is very risky for black, but even more so of he can't play a7-a6 anymore. Instead, on move 9 he played 9... f6? which made matters only worse. I continued with normal developing moves, restricting black from any form of active play, and when the time was right, I started a crushing attack with a piece sacrifice. Below is the game with annotations.