+172 The French Defense is one of the least used strategies in chess. It requires you to knock your king over and just walk away, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I play chess and the REAL french defence is just plain suicide, they might as well do that.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

no it's not. It's a slower defense for black but it's in no way suicide. it's still used a lot at the grandmaster level.

by Anonymous 13 years ago