How to beat the French Defence - Andreas Tzermiadianos

The Essential Guide to the Tarrasch

320 pages, paperback

The French Defence is renowned for it's resilience and tenacity, and is considered to be one of Black's most reliable answers to 1e4. Indeed, many White players become frustrated in their attempts to prove an advantage and make headway against Black's ultra-solid formation.

In "How to beat the French Defence", Andreas Tzermiadianos meets this challenge head on. He advocates his favourite weapon against the French - the Tarrasch Variation. Drawing upon his wealth of playing experience and study of this line, Tzermiadianos reveals an abundance of opening ideas and novelties, and provides the reader with a complete repetoire which is aimed at posing Black serious problems. Read this book and you will be able to fight the French Defence with renewed confidence and vitality.

*Provides answers to all Black possibilities

*Studies key Tactical and Positional ideas for both sides

*Also covers typical middlegame and endgame positions

*Written by a French Tarrasch specialist

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