Play the French John L. WatsonPERGAMON CHESS OPENINGS General Editor: Craig Pritchett Executive Editor: Catherine Shephard BASMAN, M. Play the St. George ESTRIN, Y. B. & GLASKOV, I. B. Play the King’s Gambit Volume 1 — King’s Gambit Accepted Volume 2 — King’s Gambit Declined GLIGORIC, S. Play the Nimzo-Indian Defence MAROVIC, D. Play the King’s Indian Defence SHAMKOVICH, I. & SCHILLER, E. Play the Tarrasch TAULBUT, S. Play the Bogo-Indian VARNUSZ, E. Play the Caro-Kann WATSON, J. L. Play the French Play the FRENCH JOHN L. WATSON International Master © / PERGAMON PRESS OXFORD - NEW YORK - BEIJING - FRANKFURT SAO PAULO - SYDNEY : TOKYO - TORONTOUK. USA. PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY BRAZIL AUSTRALIA JAPAN CANADA Pergamon Press, Headington Hill Hall, ‘Oxford OX3 OBW. England Pergamon Press, Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, New York 10523, U.S.A. Pergamon Press, Qianmen Hotel, Beijing, People’s Republic of China Pergamon Press, Hammerweg 6, +6242 Kronberg, Federal Republic of Germany Pergamon Editora, Rua Eca de Queiros, 346, CEP 04011, Sao Paulo, Brazil Pergamon Press Australia, P.O. Box 544, Potts Point, N.S.W. 2011, Australia Pergamon Press, 8th Floor, Matsuoka Central Building, 1-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan Pergamon Press Canada, Suite 104, 150 Consumers Road, Willowdale, Ontario M2J 19, Canada Copyright © 1984 John L. Watson All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitied in any form or by any means. electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the publishers, First edition 1984 Reprinted with corrections 1986 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Watson, John L. Play the French (Pergamon chess openings) Bibliography: p. Includes index 1. Chess-Openings. I, Title. H. Series. GV1450.2.W377 1985 794.1'22 8410990 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Watson, John L. Play the French, — (Pergamon chess openings) 1, Chess — Openings L Title 794.122 GV1450.2 ISBN 0-08-029716-1 Hardcover ISBN 0-08-026929-X Flexicover Printed in Great Britain by A. Wheaton & Co. Lid., Exeter Contents List of Symbols Introduction 1 L 12. ES een awaene Advance Variation Exchange Variation King’s Indian Attack Tarrasch: 3 ... Nf6 with 5 Bd3 Tarrasch: 3 ... Nf6 with 5 f4 Tarrasch: 3 ... cS with 4 ... Qxd5S Winawer: Various 4th Moves Winawer: Various 5th Moves Winawer: Main Line with 7 Qg4 Winawer: Positional Main Lines Winawer: 4 e5 Qd7 Second Move Odds and Ends Bibliography Index of Variations vi vii 27 36 47 76 91 104 130 148 165 185 199 209 211