The French Tarrasch variation begins with the moves 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2. (diagram) This is a flexible setup for White, named after Siegbert Tarrasch, one of the strongest chess players from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This variation with 3.Nd2 became popular in the 1970s and 1980s when Anatoly Karpov often played it to great...
