The Modern French Volume 2

One of the leaders of the 2020 candidate tournament, Ian Nepomniachtchi, successfully bet on the French Defense. Lately, the world champion himself also used the Frenchman several times. A great connoisseur of this opening is the latest contender for the world title Fabiano Caruana. The French Defense has become a real theater of the battle of the engines: the genius of neural networks, Leela, confidently repelled the attacks of her powerful rivals.

The author's vision of the French allows black women to obtain new creative positions without having to compete with deep knowledge on beaten paths. The theoretical material is based on the author's tournament practice and was tested at GM level during the writing of the book.