[Event "French Defence - Classical Variation - Introduction: Classical Variation - Rare 4th Moves"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/WDCCWFLz/9JMukuEK"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation, Swiss Variation"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/chessentialsBLOG"] [UTCDate "2023.02.09"] [UTCTime "11:06:02"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/WDCCWFLz/9JMukuEK"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 (3... Bb4 4. Bd3 { Note that defending the pawn with the bishop on move 4 is more sensible against the Winawer move order as after } 4... c5 5. exd5 cxd4 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Qxd4 { White is much better as the d5 pawn is not under attack in this variation + the pawn on g7 is also hanging. } { [%cal Rd4g7] }) 4. Bd3 { This is a good move against the Winawer move order with 3...Bb4, but with the knight on f6, the situation is different. } (4. exd5 { Taking on d5 and going for the exchange variation is also possible, but it is simply a transposition. }) 4... c5 { This thematic strike works for Black as the same variation with capturing on d5 is not that appealing for White. } 5. exd5 cxd4 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Qxd4 { Due to the fact that the knight is on f6, our d5 pawn is under the attack and will be lost after } { [%cal Rf6d5] } 8... Nc6 9. Qd2 exd5 *