WINNING WITH THE FRENCH Grondmoster Uhimonn hos ployed the French olmost exclusively throughout the whole of his chess coreer, defending its honour against some of the alltime greats. No one could be better qualified to explain how Black should go about Winning With the French In this book, uptotheminute theory is based oround sixty ‘of Uhimann’s. most important gomes, deoling with voriotions in which Block can play for the full point with confidence, + Includes Uhlmann’s victor mony olher grondmosters * Choice of repertoires agains cll of White's main options * Shorp ideas for Black against White's unambitious ‘epproaches Wolfgang Uhlmann won the chompionship of East Germany on eleven occasions ond played for the Rest of the Werld against the USSR in 1970. Renowned os o greot fighter with enormous belief in his favourite ‘openings, his gomes have inspired @ whole generation of French Defence addicts Other titles in the 'Winning With... series include: cover Fischer, Bronstein ond Winning With the Winning With the Sponish Fischer-Sorin Attack Anclaly Korpov Gary lane Winning With the Modern Winning With the Dragon David Nerwcod Cheis Ward Winning With the King’s Winning With the Gombit Smith-Morra Gembit Joe Gologher Grohom Burgess Winning With the Noidort Dorie King Fecocnpl ht htc her Soeur poses BT ond Tat et Coser orRont nese WINNIN WITH | THE FRENCH et WOLFGANG UHLMANNWinning With the French Wolfgang Uhlmann Translated by Malcolm Gesthugsen Updated by Andrew Harley B, T. Batsford Ltd, LondonFirst published in Germany in 1991 by Thomas Beyer Verlags ‘GmbH, 8607 HollfeldiGermany ‘© Thomas Beyer Verlags GmbH 1991 First English language edition 1995 ‘© English translation B, , Batsford Lid 1995 ISBN 0713474149 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data. A catalogue recon for this book is available from the British Library. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, by any _means, without prior permission ofthe publisher. “Typeset by B. B. Enterprises, Brighton and printed in Great Britain by Redwood Books, Trowbridge, Wilts for the publishers, B.T. Batsford Ltd, 4 Fitzhardinge Street, London W1H OAH ‘A BATSFORD CHESS BOOK Editorial Panel: Mark Dvoretsky, John Nunn, Jon Speelman General Adviser: Raymond Keene OBE ‘Managing Editor: Grabam Burgess Contents Foreword Preface Foreword tothe English edition 1. Tarrasch Variation Game 1 - Bialas-Unlmann, Leipzig 1951 Game 2~ Hamann-Uhimann, Halle 1963, Game 3 - Kestro-Ulmann, Zakopane 1974 Game 4 - Govedarica-Uhimann, Vitus 1977 Game 5 - Prandsteter-Uhlmann, Decin 197 Game 6- Stoics-Unlmann, Bucharest 1979 Game 7 Prandsteter-Unimann, Trencianske Teplice 1979 Game 8- Radulov-Uhimann, Albena 1983 Game 9- Stein-Unlmann, Moscow 1971 Game 10- Kuijf-Uhimann, Amsterdam 1990 Game 11 - Neukirch-Ublmann, Potsdam 1974 Game 12 Saren-Unimann, Arbus 1971 Game 13 - Gel Game 14 Mestel-Uhiman, Hastings 1972/3, Game 15 - Kholmov-Uhimann, Halle 1978 Game 16 Suetin-Uhlmann, Debrecen 1987 Game 17 -Tischbierek-Unlmann, Dresden 1984 Game 18 - Velimirovie-Uhlmann, Vinkovei 1982 Game 19 -Karpov-Uhimann, Madsid 1973, Game 20- Vogt-Unimann, Potsdam 1974 Game 21 - Nijboer-Unlmann, Amsterdam 1990 2 Nimzowitseh (Winawer) Variation Game 22 - Fischer-Uhimann, Buenes Aires 1960 Game 23 - Fischer-Unlmann, Stockholm 1962 Game 24 Smyslov-Unlmann, Havana 1964 5 - Hartston-Uhmann, Hastings 1972/3 Bogdanovic-Uhlmann, Sarajevo 1965 Game 27- August-Unlmann, Erfurt 1976 Game 28 -Pelitoy-Uhlmann, Szombathely 1966 R 4 16 7 a 23 25 2 2 3B 35 7 a 31 35 ANWALVS