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French Defence: Advance Variation
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

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Moves: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3

French Defence: Milner-Barry Gambit

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White develops the light-squared bishop to d3. While White appears to have lost a pawn, 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4? 8. Nxd4 Qxd4?? 9. Bb5+! would win Black's queen to a discovered attack. So Black must guard against Bb5 with check. Black can play 6...cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7!, blocking the king from the Bb5+ and thus threatening to win the d4-pawn; alternatively, most played nowadays is 6...Bd7 immediately.

After the variation of 6...Bd7, White could release the tension with 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O, where Black has to be careful; 8...Ne7?? allows 9.b4 to trap Black's bishop. Alternatively, after 7.O-O cxd4, White can continue to play the position in gambit style in one of three ways: A, the main line with 8.cxd4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4; B, with 8.cxd4 Nxd4 9.Nbd2, looking to keep a strong knight on f3; or C, in similar fashion to the Göring Gambit with 7.O-O cxd4 8.Re1! dxc3 9.Nxc3. All three of these options are incredibly dangerous for Black, as White gets easy development and a massive attack.

After the alternative of 6...cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7!, White can transpose into options A or B described earlier with 8.O-O!, or chicken out of the gambit lines with 8.Be2, allowing the queen to defend the d4 pawn but getting a much less ambitious position.

Theory table

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For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation..

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3

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References

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Chess openings quick reference
1. e4
1...e5 · Open
2. Nf3
With 2...Nc6:
Four knights: (
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Italian game: (
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Spanish game: (
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With other 2nd moves:
2. Other

1...c5 · Sicilian
2... Nf3 · Open Sicilian
With 2...Nc6:

With 2...d6:

With 2...e6:

With other 2nd moves:
Anti-Sicilians
1... other
Caro-Kann
French
Other


1. d4
1...d5 · Closed
2. c4
2. Nc3
2. other
1...Nf6 · Indian
2. c4
With 2...e6:

With 2...g6:

With other 2nd moves for Black:
2. Nf3
2. other
1... other
Flank
Unorthodox


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