Top french defense players

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kyriazis

Hey, I'm looking to study some games of master level players who specialize in the french defense, does anybody have a name of some player I could look at?

Fear_ItseIf

Korchnoi

gaereagdag

Psakhis, Nigel Short, Korchnoi and Botvinnik.

goldendog

Uhlmann.

kyriazis

ah cool, thanks

moonnie

Morozewitsch

ThrillerFan

Alekhine, Igor Glek (especially the MacCutcheon)

rooperi

The French Defense: Botvinnik's Laboratory.

Can't remember who said that.

Immryr

of modern players morozevich is the one.

Ziryab

Akiba Rubinstein

Skwerly

akobian plays the french exclusively, and he's in the 2700 club.  i'd check his 1...e6 games out, big time.

garniktalavera

You can check for some Armenian masters games: Petrosian, Lputian, Vaganian.

jambyvedar

For modern players add GM Segey Volkov, he is regarded as a french defense specialist..Another one is GM Ding Liren a promising young talented player who is in the 2700 club..

gaereagdag

Uhllman is interesting. I read somewhere that he followed someone's opening book on the French and lose as black. Then he threw the book into the dustbin and said "I will play it my way!!" Laughing

Square_Dancer

The French Defense is for cowards.  Sicilian or bust.

Ziryab

FM Curt Collyer is the strongest player to arise from my town. The French is his main response to 1.e4.

GreenLeaf14

Petrosian used to play french defence a lot

wiebelenstra

Timman, he plays the french opening is whole live.

Yereslov

Why is Nigel Short on here?

People also forgot to mention Vereslav Eingorn.

He is a Ukrainian GM.

varelse1

Kortchnoi