Re: Who has success playing Black in the French Def, Advance variation?

Danny Hardesty wrote:
> "raylopez99" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> I like to play the advance variation of the French defense (C02) when
>> blitzin on the internet.
>>
>> A interesting opening (a new book 'Advance and Other Anti-French
>> Variations
>> by Lev Psakhis (Paperback - February 2004)' is coming out and Tony
>> Kosten has a good book on it).
>>
>> Very tactical, black usually does not get a good chance to castle,
>> and, as in all French variations, Black has to fight off a furious
>> attack by White before it can counterattack.
>>
>> Anybody play this successfully as Black?  Seems like it's like the
>> King's Gambit with White, probably flawed, but fun to play.
>>
>> RL
>
> I did a quick run through my Chessbase98 database (admittedly not up
> to date) and it had Korchnoi and Uhlmann both scoring more wins with
> black than losses in the Advance French. Overall, regardless of
> player, CO2 had black scoring 49% and white 51%. The statistics on
> the icc were interesting too. A "search eco=C02" revealed a higher
> percentage of white wins (53%) compared to black wins (46%).
>
> Danny Hardesty


Leaving only 1% for draws? Methinks you're pulling our legs.

Ted