French Defense Plans and Ideas

So you guys are ready to learn about the ideas behind the French Defense for both sides? If Yes, then I am ready to share you how to play french defense for both sides. This blog will be useful for both colour. Before I write about plans for both sides I wanna put your attention to the diagram position that you can see in the bottom. Now we saw the structure of French Tarrasch. Now in the bottom I am gonna share plans and ideas for both sides. Plans for White Side: 1) White's main task is to occupy the e5 square and use it as an outpost for his pieces such as knight, bishop, and rook etc. 2) White's task is to stop e6-e5 pawn advance so it will give less play to black's pieces. 3) White can use c and e file for the rook lift purpose for attacking. 4) White can also try to attack with f4- Rf3-Rh3 once you have good control of the e5 square. 5) White can also play positional like in the game I shared in the bottom. Plans for Black Side: 1) Black can try to achieve advance e6-...