Answers.Body: <p>I don't think there is an answer to this. With 3..c5, Black has said, &quot;I refuse to be tied down, Weaken my Pawns if you like, but I will have my freedom!&quot; You allowed him to say that when you played 3.Nd2.</p>
  
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Body: <p>In the French tarrasch after black plays c5, how can white fight for the initiative. I played the closed tarrasch and really enjoy the positions reached after Korchnoi's gambit and want to reach a conceptually similar position, ie, white sacrifices a pawn or takes some long term weaknesses for activity</p>
  
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Title: How can white fight for the initiative in the open Tarrasch french
ThreadText: # How can white fight for the initiative in the open Tarrasch french
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-02-13)
  
  In the French tarrasch after black plays c5, how can white fight for the initiative. I played the closed tarrasch and really enjoy the positions reached after Korchnoi's gambit and want to reach a conceptually similar position, ie, white sacrifices a pawn or takes some long term weaknesses for activity
  
  **Tags:** opening, french-defense, 1.e4
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2024-02-20. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  I don't think there is an answer to this. With 3..c5, Black has said, "I refuse to be tied down, Weaken my Pawns if you like, but I will have my freedom!" You allowed him to say that when you played 3.Nd2.
  
  
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