1. e2e4  1... e7e6  2. d2d4  2... d7d5  3. e4e5 The Advanced French visits the top-GM level tournaments nowadays mainly thanks to the efforts of Grischuk. 3... c7c5  4. c2c3  4... d8b6  5. g1f3  5... c8d7 Rapport tries a sound positional idea that, however, requires perfect timing as Black will be seriously lagging in development.