Practice the French Defense in Winawer, Advance, Tarrasch, and Rubinstein lines. Follow 11 lines from our French Defense guide, try 21 board exercises, and play six positions against the bot.
Eleven lines, one at a time: you play Black in seven and White in four. Finish a line and its checkmark stays in your browser.
Keyboard: ← → step through the moves. Click any move chip to jump.
Where the moves come from: every line and position in this trainer comes from our French Defense guide.
Solve the central breaks, queen routes, recaptures, and tactical alerts that decide the French branches. A wrong move gets a concrete refutation, and hints arrive before the answer.
Keyboard: Enter next drill · H hint · R reset the position.
You hold the Black pieces. Choose a setup, follow the position in front of you, and judge the game by the board-level goal for your side.
Six variations cover the main French, the main third-move choices, and the Greek Gift tactical test.
Four directions, each with a reason. Everything below links to a page that exists today.
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