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

< Chess Opening Theory | 1. e4 | 1...e6 | 2. d4 | 2...d5 | 3. e5 | 3...c5 | 4. c3 | 4...Nc6 | 5. Nf3 | 5...Qb6
French Defence: Advance Variation
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8a8 black rookb8 black kingc8 black bishopd8 black kinge8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black kingd7 black kinge7 black kingf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black queenc6 black knightd6 black kinge6 black pawnf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black pawnd5 black pawne5 white pawnf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 black kingd4 white pawne4 black kingf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 white pawnd3 white bishope3 black kingf3 white knightg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 black kingd2 black kinge2 black kingf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 black kingg1 black kingh1 white rook1
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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: Advance Variation

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White develops the light-squared bishop to d3. While he appears to have lost a pawn, 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4? 8. Nxd4 Qxd4?? 9. Bb5+! will win Black's queen. Black usually plays 6...cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7!, blocking the king from the Bb5+ and thus threatening to win the d4-pawn. White then usually plays a gambit. Note that 6...Bd7?! allows White the option of 7.dxc5! Bxc5 when Black does have to be careful - 8.O-O Ne7?? 9.b4!, trapping the bishop, shows that Black must be very careful. So 6...cxd4 is considered better, avoiding the tricks after 7.dxc5!

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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1 Bd3
cxd4		 =

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References

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