French Advance
The Advance variation (1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 e5) is one of the most logical and popular ways for White to combat the popular French Defense. Right from the third move, White establishes a solid space advantage, from which he later hopes to launch an attack on either the king's wing or the queenside. For many years the Advance variation has been a standard feature in the repertoires of the aggressive former Soviet grandmasters Evgenny Sveshnikov and Victor Kupreichik, but recently it has achieved more widespread appeal, appearing in the games of such stars as Nigel Short, Vishy Anand and Judit Polgar. In this book, Grandmaster Tony Kosten explains the use of model games for both sides, he provides a thorough grounding in the key ideas, so that readers can quickly and confidently start to use the French Advance in their own games.