On Nov 1, 10:39 am, "Chess One" wrote:
"Taylor Kingston" wrote in glegroups.com...

On Oct 31, 6:23 pm, "Chess One" wrote:
Thanks John, it was probably not wise to take the pawn, and as Taylor
Kingston says, 'it is not a Winawer' French, since by definition any TN
this
early is automatically not classifed as any 'named defence',

Wrong reason, Phil. It is not a Winawer French for this reason: after
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3, Black played 3...Nf6 instead of 3...Bb4. The
distinguishing move of the Winawer French is 3...Bb4. Shouldn't a
Nearly-an-IM like you know that?

I just don't know if this thing has a name - if you don't know either, go
troll somewhere else. This is a *real chess* thread, and its not all about
you!

That's right, Phil, it's (in part) about opening nomenclature.
Whether this line has a name or not, it is *_not_* a line of the
Winawer. That's my sole point. Perhaps you actually meant to title this
thread "Is this a TN in the French?", but of course you're too
stiff-necked to admit that you can ever make even an inadvertent
mistake.