Tag Archives: French
Game of the Month: March 2013
The March 2013 Game of the Month from the BCM’s Games Editor, Andrew Martin, features the currently popular McCutcheon variation of the French Defence. This game was played in January 2013 at the Armenian Championships …
Game of the Month: December 2012
The December 2012 Game of the Month from the BCM’s Games Editor, Andrew Martin, is a very precise positional game between Hikaru Nakamura and Sergei Tiviakov from the Hoogeveen 2012. Tiviakov switches from his normal …
Book Review by Colin Purdon
‘The Modern French’ Dejan Antic and Branimir Maksimovic, is a solid 360 page book from ‘New in Chess’ that offers a repertoire based on the French Defence. Whilst the authors do take good care to …
51st World Junior, Athens, 1st-13th August
The World Junior (U20) Championship is nearing conclusion in Greece. 130 players are in the Open section. Leaders with 4 rounds remaining: R Rapport (HUN) 7.5/9; A Ipatov (TUR), A Shimanov (RUS) & C Holt …
Book Review: The Modern French
‘The Modern French: A Complete Guide for Black’ by Dejan Antic and Branimir Maksimovic (New in Chess 2012). paperback. 345 pages, index, bibliography, indexes of variations and of players. www.newinchess.com. $32.95/28.95 euros. King’s Indian Attack, …
