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

"Ted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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

No Ted, not pulling your leg. The statistics I "pulled" were from the pool
of wins, not the total pool of games played, so draws were excluded as I was
interested only in the games with decisive results.

Danny Hardesty