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French Defence, Winawer Variation
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black rookg8 black kingh8 black king8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black kingd7 black kinge7 black knightf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 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 white queenh4 black king4
3a3 white pawnb3 black kingc3 white pawnd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 black kingb2 black kingc2 white pawnd2 black kinge2 black kingf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 black kingc1 white bishopd1 black kinge1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 white knighth1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

rnbq1rk1/pp2nppp/4p3/2ppP3/3P2Q1/P1P5/2P2PPP/R1B1KBNR w

Moves: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O

French Defence, Winawer Variation

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Although castling to that side where White wants to attack seems to be dangerous for Black, there are no immediate mating threats - at least as long White's Queen is attacking Black's kingside on her own and without support from other pieces. That's why White usually decides to develop some additional pieces which may help with White's kingside attack. Typically this is done by playing 8. Nf3 or 8. Bd3, on rare occasions 8. h4 has also been tried. Note that 8. Bh6 is harmless for Black, who can defend against 9. Qxg7 mate by playing 8... Nf5 or 8... Ng6, in both cases white's queen bishop must retreat and White wasted a tempo.

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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O

8
Variation Nf3 Nf3
Nbc6		 =
Variation Bd3 Bd3
...		 =
Variation h4 h4
...		 =

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References

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