Lifetime Repertoires: Giri's French Defense

Chessable, 2020.This is a world-class French Defense repertoire by a decade-long top-10 player, super-GM Anish Giri.If you'd love to...
Reach unbalanced positions versus the king's pawn game.
Fight for the full point.
And keep your options open and your risks low.
Then the French Defense is the opening repertoire you're meant to play!
Your chess opening coach, Anish Giri!
If you must choose an opening mentor from today's top players, then there is no better player than super GM Anish Giri.
He is known for being the most theoretically well-prepared player on the planet.
And, in this remarkable repertoire, he gives you a blueprint for reaching comfortable equality or a slight advantage - even against the world's elite.
I think this repertoire is as bullet-proof as I could make it. And, I certainly stand by everything I've said and written here.
GM Anish Giri.Combine this championship-level preparation with his keen eye for long-term strategic plans and sound positional understanding in closed positions, and you've got the perfect mentor to teach you the French Defense.The complex positions that can arise after 1.e4 e6 demand subtle move order tricks, harmonious piece play, and timely pawn breaks. Giri spent months analyzing and rediscovering the favorite opening of his youth to find new ideas and novelties. Now, he's sharing his discoveries with you in over 400 trainable variations and over 11 and a half hours of video. So you, too, can play the French Defense like a super-GM.Here's what you'll learn:Fight back against the sharp 3.Nc3 with the uncompromising Winawer (3...Bb4). Keep White on his toes with GM Giri's opposite-side castling approach. With 10 chapters dedicated to this variation, you will be armed to the teeth against 3.Nc3.Reliable answers to the Tarrasch (3.Nd2), Advance (3.e5), and Exchange (3.exd5) variations. The author's choices here have stood the test of time. They are solid yet opportunistic, making them ideal for a lifetime repertoire.Clear-cut plans to keep your king safe and solve the "bad" c8-bishop. Iron out these opening problems, and you are guaranteed a pleasant position.Repertoire clash versus Harikrishna's French Toast. GM Giri gives you the map to dynamic equality...IF White plays perfectly. If not, then you have a variety of ways to gain the upper hand, including a queenside clamp with...c5-c4 and a stunning exchange sacrifice.Antidotes to White's second-move sidelines. Take the sting out of the King's Indian Attack, the Reti Gambit, 2.Nc3, and 2.f4.
More than 70 alternative variations to add variety and surprise value to your play. Making you less predictable and more dangerous.
Key plans and middlegame strategies simplified. GM Giri transfers his expert knowledge to you, with over 55,000 words of engaging and club-player-friendly instruction.
Out of 100 games you will play from the Black side, you will face 1.e4 more than 50% of the time.
So, let GM Anish Giri be your guide for more than half the time. Play the French Defense, play against 1. e4 on a whole new level!Introduction (1 variation).
Quickstarter Guide (23 variations, 12.7 avg. trainable depth).
3.Nc3 Bb4: Sidelines on Move 4 (46 variations, 14.1 avg. trainable depth).
3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5: Sidelines on Move 5 and 7 (27 variations, 11.1 avg. trainable depth).
3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5: 7.Nf3 (34 variations, 18.6 avg. trainable depth).
3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5: 7. a4 (44 variations, 16.5 avg. trainable depth).
3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5: 7.h4 (29 variations, 16.8 avg. trainable depth).
3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5: 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Bd3 (27 variations, 15.6 avg. trainable depth).
3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5: 7.Qg4 Sidelines on Move 10 (22 variations, 19.3 avg. trainable depth).
3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5: 7.Qg4 with 12.Nxc3 and 12. h4 (47 variations, 23.5 avg. trainable depth).
Alternative set-up: 7.Qg4 with 12.Qd3 Bd7 (47 variations, 23.3 avg. trainable depth).
Main recommendation: 7.Qg4 with 12.Qd3 d4 (31 variations, 26.8 avg. trainable depth).
3. Nd2 c5 (44 variations, 16.3 avg. trainable depth).
3. e5 c5 (44 variations, 16.3 avg. trainable depth).
3. exd5 exd5 (24 variations, 14.9 avg. trainable depth).
Alternatives for White on Move 2 (26 variations, 11.1 avg. trainable depth).
Model Games (10 variations).