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Beat the French: Tarrasch - 3...dxe4 Lines and Other 3rd moves (3...dxe4, 3...Nc6)

Let's learn the 3...dxe4 Lines and Other 3rd moves! Black has two tries here: 3...dxe4 and 3...Nc6. We have a clear plan against each one. Let's begin with 1.e4.

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  1. Main Line: position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Nf3 h6
    Main Line

    … 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Nf3 h6

  2. 3...Nc6: position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bd3
    3...Nc6

    … 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bd3

  3. 3...Nc6: position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nb6 11. Ng4 Qe7 12. Re1
    3...Nc6

    … 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nb6 11. Ng4 Qe7 12. Re1

  4. 3...Nc6: position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Qg6 11. c4 Nf6 12. c5
    3...Nc6

    … 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Qg6 11. c4 Nf6 12. c5

  5. 4...Nd7: position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rhe1 Nd5 12. Kb1
    4...Nd7

    … 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rhe1 Nd5 12. Kb1

  6. 4...Nd7: position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Rhe1 Nd5 12. Kb1
    4...Nd7

    … 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Rhe1 Nd5 12. Kb1

  7. 4...Nd7: position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 Qc8 12. Ne5
    4...Nd7

    … 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 Qc8 12. Ne5

  8. 4...Nd7: position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 a5 12. h4
    4...Nd7

    … 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 a5 12. h4

  9. 6...h6: position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Bd3 h6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c3 Bd6 9. Be4 Bd7 10. O-O
    6...h6

    … 6. Bd3 h6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c3 Bd6 9. Be4 Bd7 10. O-O

  10. 6...h6: position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Bd3 h6 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. dxc5 Qxb2 10. O-O
    6...h6

    … 6. Bd3 h6 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. dxc5 Qxb2 10. O-O

  11. 6...h6: position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Bd3 h6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Qe2
    6...h6

    … 6. Bd3 h6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Qe2

  12. 6...Nc6: position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 h6 8. c3 Bd6 9. Be4 Bd7 10. O-O
    6...Nc6

    … 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 h6 8. c3 Bd6 9. Be4 Bd7 10. O-O

  13. 6...Nc6: position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Bg5 Bb4+ 9. c3
    6...Nc6

    … 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Bg5 Bb4+ 9. c3

  14. 6...Nc6: position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5
    6...Nc6

    … 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5

  15. 7...O-O: position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bg5 Qf5 9. Bxf5
    7...O-O

    … 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bg5 Qf5 9. Bxf5

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