vs French: Advance
Against the French · C02 · you play White. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6
About the vs French: Advance
The Advance Variation, 3.e5, gains space and gives White a clear plan: hold the d4–e5 chain and attack on the kingside. Against ...Qb6 and ...c4 White plays Nbd2, Be2 and castles, then expands on the queenside with b4.
The vs French: Advance (C02) is one of 4 lines of the Against the French you can train here as White. It starts with 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6. Start in learn mode to see the idea behind every move, then play the vs French: Advance yourself and let the coach correct your mistakes. Knowing the moves is only half the work, so this page also covers the plans for the middlegame, the endgames to aim for and some grandmaster games. Use it to build your opening repertoire for White, and test what you remember with speed training or the random-position drill.