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    Santanu
    (5)
    Attacking French repertoire

    Simple and attacking opening lines for club level to advanced level

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    Hasan
    (5)
    french

    great

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    John
    (3)
    French

    No

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    Cliff
    (4)
    French Defense Quick Starter

    I've seen all of these lines before and they are all solid choices. They didn't review the line where White plays 4. e5 in response to 3. ... Be7 in the Tarrasch, but that's probably included in the main course.

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    Heinz
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    Okay, but the content was not up to it as I explain following.

    It was not clear to me of which category of players the course was aiming. For class E or D not enough general explanations. For higher classes sometimes unnecessary comments. For the lower classes the strategical content was missing and sometimes typical things too, e.g. in the advance variation the trap after Bf1-b5 Bc8-d7 and White must exchange, move back or face --- Nc6xe5, winning a pawn. The problem of the bad Bc8 was not mentioned at all. Some other lines were rather rare, e.g. the move Qg4. In 64 years I've played the French I've only seen it a few times and this from clueless players. In the exchange variation I missed the most common continuation. Sometimes a move / a line looks arbitrary, letting Black look good but is not convincing. Often the positions at the end of the variation are not clear at all for players even on middle club level. The sound was not so good. The commentators should look for a better acoustical environment. Justin should try to speak more clearly, he is slurring a bit. Lukas should while explaining a continuation the different moves speak more pronounced and with a little break between them, it' to quick for weaker players. My advise would be: start with the on lower level most common exchange and advance lines. Explain thereby the pros and cons of the French. I understand you don't want to give all the content away for free. But you can find a middle ground, telling, more and more special information can be found on the full course.