Chess with Sam Collins

French Team Championship, 2017

Clichy won the very strong French Team Championship, thanks in large part to their star performer, GM Jorden Van Foreest. Van Foreest scored 9/11 (with no losses) and won a crucial game against Arkady Naiditsch, playing for the second placed Bischwiller.

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 a6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+ 9.c3 cxd4 10.b4 Qc7 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qd2 Be7

Preparing for a queenside ...