30 minute video explaining the Winawer French.

This video concentrates on the Winawer French. A variation where Black plays an early ...Bb4 against one of White's most popular replies to the French Defence.
In this video I share my experience of being a life long French Defence specialist. I have written books and filmed DVDs on the opening, so hopefully you will pick up some useful information after watching this video.

[@bratanderehre6351]

Finally someone not just spewing out lines! This is amazing, thank you so much.

[@tharindanimnajith3525]

Great introduction for a complicated opening! Thanks!

[@sebastiansanta2792]

I just checkmated someone in 23 moves as black with the 11. f4 Bd7 variation today! Thanks for the video!

[@sabbanco]

Great explanation. Thank you so much.

[@bluefloyd8]

You mentioned a PGN file attached, is there a link to that?

[@Joshualuedke]

Thank you for the video. In the ne7 qg4 c5 qxg7 variation you showed stockfish evaluates it as roughly equal not lost as you say.

[@sanitary103]

great video. I've recently come back to it since I don't know much about this variation in the French. thanks a lot.

[@tzeshawnlee6562]

b6 followed by Ba6, swapping off your worst minor piece for your opponent's best minor piece. A nice idea!

[@omegaamigo]

***** In some of the lines towards the end of the video, White's Queen sits on the g1-a7 diagonal, meaning that Black cannot play O-O-O without dropping a7. Given that this is Black's goal, how does he achieve it?

[@SimonPiano42]

wow, this video is amazing, very instructive! i'm going to try the Winawer instead of ...Nf6 now. Although the Morozevich line with ...Nf6 Bg5 dxe4 Nxe4 Be7 Bxf6 gxf6!? is an awesome discovery and potential surprise weapon, too (3:04 in the video).

[@shimblypibbins]

Thank you. What software are you using ?

[@MyOlympiakos]

Where is PGN file for Winawer?

[@saad.f101]

15:45 instead of Qd3 why can't white just take the c-pawn with the knight

[@Silenzio1980]

Cause then Ne5

[@Kasebett]

Not at all because of Ne5. Black can play Nxf3 instead of Qd3, those are just separate variations. Both are covered in the video

[@frankungerer2569]

Looking at your position from 5:11, white to play Bb4 pinning the knight to the king and then taken the next move. Black can either trade a R for white's B or lose the knight on c3. Please tell me what I am missing?

[@bushisamonkey]

I guess you mean Bg5 to pin the black knight at f6..black can defend by playing Rg6 driving away the white queen and protecting the knight at the same time :)

[@proppo4924]

This entire explanation omits one glaring move for white - 3 e5. Skipping Ne3. This blows the entire scenario out of the water on the third move and is happening 60-70% of the time I try this and puts black in a more difficult situation.

[@tuatarian6591]

That's an entirely different variation of the french, the advance french. Go after the d pawn and you'll be good

[@renatodominguez4333]

Volume is too low in this video

[@omegaamigo]

***** In some of the lines towards the end of the video, White's Queen sits on the g1-a7 diagonal, meaning that Black cannot play O-O-O without dropping a7. Given that this is Black's goal, how does he achieve it?