The French Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5) is the most direct response to the French, immediately gaining space. White fixes the pawn structure and aims to build a kingside attack, while Black counterattacks on the queenside.
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The Advance Variation creates a locked center where both sides know the plan: White attacks on the kingside, Black on the queenside. Black's main break is ...c5, attacking the d4 base of White's pawn chain (Nimzowitsch's principle). The resulting positions are strategic but can turn tactical when the center opens. Nimzowitsch himself was a great practitioner of the Black side.
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