How to Play Against 1.e4 | Fun & Aggressive Opening Repertoire

Eric Rosen June 16, 2025
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Get FREE access to ChessMood’s full course library, including this repertoire, through the end of June: https://chessmood.com/rosen In this video, GM Avetik Grigoryan teaches me a fun, off-beat, and aggressive opening repertoire against 1.e4 which he dubs the "French Attack". This repertoire is designed to be easy to learn and quite effective for players at the amateur level (sub-2000 rating). Analyze on lichess: https://lichess.org/study/mr9g4cVe/araA1Q4H 0:00 Get Ready for a highly educational chess lesson! 1:05 Avetik’s Aggressive Opening Philosophy 2:47 Aggressive Strategy vs French Exchange 12:15 Simple Sideline vs Advanced Variation 27:11 Kinder Surprise Variation 38:26 McCutcheon Gambit 43:05 Fighting the Tarrasch Variation 50:36 Fighting the King’s Indian Attack 53:28 Fighting Levy Rozman’s Horwitz Attack, Papa-Ticulat Gambit 55:55 Dodging the Wing Gambit 57:10 Fighting the Orthoschnapp Gambit 58:17 Final Thoughts 👕MERCH ► https://shop.imrosen.com/ 💜 TWITCH ► https://www.twitch.tv/imrosen 🤑 SUPPORT ► https://www.paypal.me/ericrosenchess 🔗 WEBSITE ► https://www.imrosen.com 😍ERIC ROSEN EXTRA ► https://www.youtube.com/ericrosenextra 🎬ERIC ROSEN CLIPS ► https://www.youtube.com/ericrosenclips 📸INSTAGRAM ► https://instagram.com/ericrosenphotography 🐦TWITTER ► https://twitter.com/IM_Rosen ✨ TIKTOK ► https://www.tiktok.com/@ericrosenchess 🔥DISCORD ► http://bit.ly/2KTDlBK 🖥️LICHESS ► https://lichess.org/@/ericrosen ♖ CHESS.COM ► https://www.chess.com/member/imrosen 🧑‍🏫BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS ► https://imrosen.com/book-recommendations/ ♗7-DAY FREE TRIAL CHESS.COM PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP ►https://go.chess.com/imrosen ♙ SAVE 20% ON CHESSMOOD ► https://chessmood.com/?r=rosen ♕ SAVE 10% ON CHESSUP SMART BOARD ► https://bryghtlabs.com/?ref=Rosen 📘AMAZON STORE ► https://www.amazon.com/shop/ericrosen 🗞️NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP ► https://mailchi.mp/d6e6ca1a42a1/imrosen-newsletter-signup ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📮CONTACT ME ► [email protected] 💌SEND FANMAIL ► Eric Rosen 4571 Laclede Ave. # 205 St. Louis, MO 63108 ❗Disclaimer ► Some links in the description are affiliate links and I may receive a commission on purchases made through these links. Thank you for supporting my content! #chess #ericrosen