FRENCH DEFENSE CLASSICAL
[Event "French Defense"] [Site "TEST"] [Date "2012.05.2"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov President"] [Black "Kasparov President"] [Result ""] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "Mraovich,Robert"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceDate "2012.05.2"] {Kasparov President}
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 Be7
5. e5 Nfd7
6. Bxe7 Qxe7
7. f4 a6
8. Nf3 c5
9. dxc5 Nxc5
10. Bd3 Nc6
11. Qd2 O-O
12. O-O Bd7
13. Rae1 Rac8
14. a3 Nxd3
15. cxd3 b5
16. Ra1 f6
17. Ne2 fxe5
18. Nxe5 Nxe5
19. fxe5 Qh4
20. h3 h6
21. Rxf8+ Rxf8
22. Rf1 Rxf1
23. Kxf1 Qh5
24. Qe3 a5
25. g4 Qh4
26. Nd4 a4
27.Kg2 Qd8
28.Qc1
The French Defense is a known for black having a bad light squared bishop as it is trapped in by the move 2. ...e6.
But since it remains a stubborn solid defence, it has its followers. Black will try to undermine white’s center with moves like c5, Nc6, and Qb6 in some variations.