As you know one of the most played variations in french defense is winawer variation. Today we will watch some of the chess games played in winawer variation.

If you want to prepare against french defense then you must prepare again winawer variation. it gives white attacking chances.

And today you will see how the queen played a major role in this opening.

Let’s watch beautiful chess games in winawer variation.

Winawer french defense game 1:

In this game, you will see how Bobby Fischer crushed his opponent. The important thing you have to notice is how the queen is used in this variation.

Game: Fischer, Robert James vs Hoppe, R

[Event "Davis sim"] [Site "?"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Hoppe, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C16"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1964.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Ne2 c5 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Kf8 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. O-O Rc8 16. f4 Nb8 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. c4 Ne7 20. Bxe7+ Kxe7 21. Qxg7 Rcg8 22. Qf6+ Ke8 23. f5 dxc4 24. d5 exd5 25. e6 Qe7 26. exf7+ Qxf7 27. Rde1+ Kf8 28. Qd6+ Kg7 29. Re7 Qxe7 30. Qxe7+ Kh6 31. Re1 Rg7 {Mate in 5.} 32. Qf6+ Kh7 33. Re7 Rhg8 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qxh5+ Rh7 36. Qxh7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Winawer french defense game 2:

Game: Alekhine vs Henneberger

[Event "Zurich"] [Site "?"] [Date "1925.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Henneberger, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C01"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1925.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 8. Qf3 O-O 9. Ne2 Be6 10. Nf4 Qd7 11. O-O Bf5 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Bd2 Bg4 14. Qg3 Bf5 15. Nh5 Bg6 16. Bh6 Nf5 17. Bxf5 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Qxf5 19. Nxg7 Qxc2 20. h4 Qd3 21. Re3 Qd1+ 22. Kh2 Kh8 23. Qf4 f5 24. Qxc7 Nd8 25. Nxf5 Nf7 26. Qe7 Qg1+ 27. Kxg1 Bxf5 {Mate in 2.} 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Qg7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Winawer french defense game 3:

Game: Alekhine vs Lista



[Event "Bratislava"] [Site "?"] [Date "1933.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Lista"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C15"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1933.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 O-O 8. c3 c6 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bd2 N5f6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. f4 c5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Nf5 Bd8 20. Nh4 Re8 21. Ng6+ Kh7 22. Ne5+ Kh8 {Mate in 4.} 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nxh6+ Kh8 25. Qg8+ Nxg8 26. Nf7# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Winawer french defense game 4:

Game:



[Event "Banja Luka"] [Site "?"] [Date "1931.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Vasic"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C15"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "1931.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 h6 6. Ba3 Nd7 7. Qe2 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Ngf6 9. Bd3 b6 {Mate in 2.} 10. Qxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg6# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Winawer french defense game 5:

Its a long game but good improving in many aspects.

Game: Unzicker vs Botvinnik

[Event "Amsterdam ol"] [Site "?"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C17"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "1954.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Qb4 Qc7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qxc3 Bd7 14. a4 Rc8 15. Ba3 Nxd3 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. cxd3 f6 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Kf7 20. Rc7 Rd8 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Rxb7 Rc8 23. Kf1 a6 24. Ra7 Rc2 25. Rxa6 Ra2 26. Ra7 Rxa4 27. Ke2 d4 28. Nd2 Ra2 29. Kd1 Kd8 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Ne4 Bc6 32. Nc5 Bd5 33. a6 Ra1+ 34. Kc2 Ra3 35. Kb2 Ra2+ 36. Kb1 Ra5 37. Nb7+ Bxb7 38. axb7 Rb5+ 39. Kc2 Kc7 40. b8=Q+ Kxb8 41. Rxh7 Kc8 42. Re7 Re5 43. Kd2 Kd8 44. Rf7 Rf5 45. Ke2 Ke8 46. Ra7 Re5+ 47. Kf1 Rb5 48. h4 f5 49. g3 Kf8 50. Rd7 e5 51. Kg2 Kg8 52. h5 Ra5 53. h6 Rb5 54. Rg7+ Kh8 55. Re7 Ra5 56. Kf3 Rd5 57. g4 e4+ 58. dxe4 fxg4+ 59. Ke2 d3+ 60. Kd2 Rd4 61. Re8+ Kh7 62. Re6 Ra4 63. Kxd3 Ra3+ 64. Ke2 Rf3 65. e5 Rf5 66. Ke1 Rf4 67. Rf6 Re4+ 68. Kf1 Rxe5 69. Kg2 Ra5 70. Kg3 Rg5 71. Kh4 Rg8 72. Kh5 g3 73. Rf7+ Kh8 74. h7 Rg5+ 75. Kxg5 g2 {Mate in 3.} 76. Kh6 g1=Q 77. Rf8+ Qg8 78. hxg8=Q# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Conclusion:

I hope you got the point of today’s post. And in your next game, you will be using your queen more aggressively. Good luck.