This Trick Defeats 2700+ ELO Opponents in 8 Moves

New Year Special Offers Get up to 80 OFF on all courses (till 4th Jan) Get GM Smirnov s Opening Bundle Learn 3 Ways To Improve Your Chess Results FREE Masterclass Join the RCA Affiliate Program, promote our courses, and get 50 commission Download the PGN of this opening trick from this blogpost In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you a chess opening trick in the third most played opening against 1. e4, the French Defense. This variation is very tricky that even 2700+ rated players got trapped and lost in 8 moves Most importantly, it happens after the most played moves by Black in theClassical Variation, Steinitz Variation. br, br,