The Burn Variation with 4…dxe4 is arguably the best way of meeting the move 4.Bg5 in the Classical Variation of the French Defence, played on many occasions by top players such as Morozevich, Vitiugov or Short.
By taking the pawn on e4, Black forces the knight to e4 in order to try and exchange it in the future – or force White to lose some time by moving that piece. Furthermore, since the bishop is on g5, Black also aims to profit from it by trying to exchange this pieces as well!
In this video, we will take a deep look into this variation (as well as some very common deviations) and check some of the most common ideas, variations, and themes that characterize this variation (for both colours).
I really hope you will enjoy it!
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Free Lichess Study with the annotated material presented in this video: https://lichess.org/study/cPClFn0l
An article on my blog devoted to the Burn Variation: https://chessentials.com/burn-variation-of-the-french-defence/
Check some of my other videos/articles devoted to the French Defence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v9-Fk_RAl0&list=PL1CadRIvjAjriuwJem4oJYxN05ugVrhfG
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00:00 – Introduction
00:28 – Overview of the Burn Variation (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4)
04:20 – A) 5…Be7 6.Nxf6
06:56 – B) 5…Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
12:20 – C) 5…Be7 6.Bxg6 gxf6 7.Nf3
13:16 – C1) Black plays with f5: 7…f5 8.Ng3
17:20 – C11) 7…f5 8. Nc3 – Intro and 8…Bf6
19:15 – C111) Why 8…b6 is bad and 8…a6 9.d5
21:46 – C112) 8…a6 9.a4
23:20 – C113) 8…a6 9.Qd2
27:14 – C114) The main line with 8…a6 9.g3
31:34 – C2) Black plays without f5: Intro and why 7…a6
34:00 – C21) 7…a6 8. a4
34:37 – C22) 7…a6 8.c4
36:44 – C23) 7…a6 8.Bc4
37:31 – C24) 7…a6 8.Qd2
39:26 – C25) 7…a6 8.Bd3
40:05 – C26) 7…a6 8.g3
43:02 – Final thoughts and recapitulation
45:09 – Commercials and Outro
