Master game · French Defense
Giri,A vs Korobov,A, 2020
MrDodgy Invitational 2020. A French Defense game with annotated key positions you can drill.
White
Giri,A (2764)
Black
Korobov,A (2688)
Event
MrDodgy Invitational 2020
Date
2020
Opening
C11 French Defense
Result
1-0
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. h5 h6 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. g4 Qc7 17. Qc3 Qb7 18. Rh2 Rac8 19. Qe1 Bd5 20. Kb1 b5 21. g5
hxg5 22. fxg5 Qc7 23. h6 g6 24. Bd4 Kh7 25. Qe3 b4 26. Rf2 Qa5 27. b3 Rc3 28.
Qf4 Qd8 29. Bxc3 bxc3 30. Rg2 Qa5 31. Rg3 Qc5 32. Re1 a5 33. Bg2 a4 34. Bxe4
axb3 35. axb3 Qa5 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Rd1 Qa7 38. Rd4 Qa6 39. Rf3 Qe2 40. Qe3 Qg2
41. Rd1 Bxg5 42. Qxc3 Qe2 43. Rfd3 Ra8 44. Re1 Qf2 45. e6 Qa7 46. Qg7# 1-0
Key positions
The masters found these critical moments. Drill them in spaced repetition to internalise the ideas.
21. g5!
22. fxg5!
23. h6!
34. Bxe4!
35. axb3!
36. Bxd5!
42. Qxc3!
46. Qg7#!
Drill the key positions in spaced repetition
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