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==Richard Sharp's Categories==
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==Richard Sharp's Categorization of French Openings==
 
The French openings are categorized by the order given to the Fleet in Brest, as follows:
 
The French openings are categorized by the order given to the Fleet in Brest, as follows:
  
*[[Manche Openings]] (F Bre-ENG) aka The [[Manche Openings|English Attack]]  
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*[[Manche Openings]] (F Bre-ENG) aka [[Manche Openings|The English Attack]]  
 
*[[Atlantic Openings]] (F Bre-MAO)
 
*[[Atlantic Openings]] (F Bre-MAO)
 
*[[Norman Openings]] (F Bre-Pic)
 
*[[Norman Openings]] (F Bre-Pic)
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==Other French Openings==
 
==Other French Openings==
  
*[[Sealion]]
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*[[An Introduction to French Opening Strategy]] by [[Richard Hucknall]]
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*[[The Iberian Gambit]]
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*[[The Iberian Indecision]]
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*[[The Lisbon Leapfrog]] by [[Mark Berch]]
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*[[The Sealion]]

Latest revision as of 22:53, 31 March 2008

Richard Sharp's Categorization of French Openings

The French openings are categorized by the order given to the Fleet in Brest, as follows:

Many of the variants of each of these openings are recognized by unique names. A big French problem is that she has almost too many possible openings. The price of guessing wrong is often grim. In general, a valid French strategy is to get Spain and Portugal in the opening, even at the price of losing a home center. For France, such a loss is frequently only temporary if her diplomacy is sharp.

Other French Openings