Stockfish 16 breaks the French with a NEW Concept!

Brutal attack by Stockfish 16!

PGN OF THE GAME:

[Event "CCRL 40/15"]
[Site "CCRL"]
[Date "2023.11.16"]
[Round "904.3.237"]
[White "Stockfish 16 64-bit"]
[Black "Seer 2.7.0 64-bit"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "3512"]
[BlackElo "3422"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation"]
[Termination "Unterminated"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 { C05 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation } 7. Ne2 Be7 8. O-O b6 9. Nf3 a5 10. Nf4 O-O 11. Re1 Ba6 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. h4 Bxh4 14. g3 Be7 15. Kg2 cxd4 16. cxd4 g6 17. Rh1 Qc7 18. Nh3 Rfe8 19. Nhg5 Nf8 20. Bf4 h5 21. a4 Qd8 22. Nh3 Nd7 23. Be3 Bb7 24. Nf4 Ndxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxg6 fxg6 27. Bxg6 Nxg6 28. Qxh5 Nh4+ 29. Rxh4 Bxh4 30. Rh1 *

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[quacktagon]

Stockfish's attack was impressive, and those strategic knight regroups were beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[sergiutofilat]

Indeed another great game by the Fish, thanks for the review

[blijebij]

What en epic game, really enjoyed it! Thanks great review! The Fish rocks :)

[joseraulcapablanca]

A brilliant attacking idea. I stopped playing the Tarrasch because of Ba6, Will try it again now. Thanks Josip.

[pawnstorminreno]

"A beautiful, beautiful theoretical novelty!"

[DeeDee-fikq]

That French Tarrasch variation [1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 +/=] was shown to be chronically problematic for Black ever since Geller vs. Uhlmann Skopje 1968, and was the reason ~50 years ago Korchnoy always played 3...c5 (instead of 3...Nf6) in his 1974 match games vs. Karpov.

[luisllontopbarahona]

Josip amazing game… I really enjoyed it a lot

[ahmedben]

iam afollower of your best chess Channel iplay avery nice chess attacking games like SF with wild complications and power play thanks Mozarov for interactive learning

[Ethnicparty]

Yeah, a great game. You know I 've already thinked recently of switching to the Tarrash variation against the French defence, for the Vinaver line is too wild, exchange French is too mild, and the 3.e5 line is somehow slow

[physics]

Like or Dislike: Like. I've been experimenting with the Guimard Variation of the Tarrasch French, but White always seems to have an easier time finding moves under time pressure.

[jefftaylor]

It’s like; the French is annoying because it’s boring. But it’s great because I always beat it.