Alekhine - Chatard Attack || French Defence Explained

4...Be7 is an old, natural, and logical way of meeting the move 4.Bg5 in the Classical Variation of the French Defence. By breaking the pin, Black renews the pressure on the e4 pawn. The drawback of the move is that it allows White to advance the pawn with 5.e5 when after 5...Nfd7 White's most popular and sharpest (although not the only) reply is the move 6.h4, leading to the so-called Alekhine-Chatard Variation/Gambit, where White gives up a pawn and tries to get sufficient compensation with the help of the kingside pressure.

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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00:00 - Video Introduction
00:19 - Introduction and discussion of the main position (1.e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5.e5)
1:28 - What if Black jumps 5...Ne4?
1:53 - 5...Nfd7 Intro
2:30 - A) White takes immediately with 6.Bxe7
3:56 - 6.h4 Intro
4:56 - B) Black declines the sacrifice with 6...c5
5:10 - B1) 7.Bxe7 Qxe7
5:25 - B2) 7.Bxe7 Kxe7
9:07 - C) Black declines the sacrifice with 6...a6 - 7.Qg4
9:42 - C1) 7...Kf8
10:35 - C2) 7...g6 and 7...Bxg5
13:00 - D) Black declines the sacrifice with 6...h6 - 7.Bxe7 Qxe7
13:55 - D1) Why 8.Nf3?! is not optimal
14:30 - D2) 8.f4 O-O
15:10 - D3) 8.f4 a6
18:37 - E) Black declines the sacrifice with 6...h6 - 7.Be3!? and why 7...Bxh4 fails
19:10 - E1) 7...c5 8.Qg4
21:39 - F) Black accepts the gambit 6...Bxg5 7.hxg5 Qxg5 - Intro, why 8.Nh3!? and differences between 8...Qe7 and 8...Qh4
23:10 - F1) 8...Qe7 analysis - 9.Nf4 c5!? 10.Nb5 Kd8
24:05 - F2) 8...Qe7 analysis - 9.Nf4 Nc6!?
25:15 - F3) 8...Qe7 analysis - 9.Qg4 Kf8
26:18 - F4) 8...Qe7 analysis - 9.Qg4 f5
28:07 - F5) 8...Qe7 analysis - The Mainline after 9.Qg4 g6 10.Ng5
28:22 - F51) Black plays 10...h6
31:08 - F52) Black plays 10...h5
32:32 - F6) 8...Qh4 analysis - 9. Nb5 Kd8
33:46 -F7) 8...Qh4 analysis - 9.g3 Qe7 10.Qg4 Kf8
34:29 - F8) 8...Qh4 analysis - 9.g3 Qe7 10.Qg4 f5
34:56 F9) 8...Qh4 analysis - 9.g3 Qe7 10.Qg4 g6 11.Ng5 h6!? and the main point of 8...Qh4
38:00 - Recapitulation and my opinion on the variation
39:14 - Outro, self-promotion, and standard call to like, subscribe and share