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Opening: French: Tarrasch, closed variation
Annotations by: SuperMac
From the analysis: The game revolves around the centre pawns with both players trying to gain the majority of attackers on a single pawn
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Annotated Master GameOpening: French defence
Annotations by: jim42078, Lord Ptarmigan
From the analysis: Trying to win material at the cost of development in the opening is often a hazardous business. Here Nimzowitsch swiftly punishes such play with a violent attack down the centre of the board....
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Annotated Master GameOpening: French: Tarrasch
Annotations by: Paul Georghiou
From the analysis: A typical Adams game. He nurtures a slight non-decisive edge for a long time and Anand eventually cracks
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Annotated Master GameOpening: French: Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation
Annotations by: Paul Georghiou
From the analysis: Ukraine has produced some very high calibre players, and these are the two finest examples. Ponomariov is the new rising star in the Chess world. At aged 18, he became FIDE World champion by...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: French: Tarrasch, closed variation
Annotations by: kereru
From the analysis: Reshevsky plays ambitiously against Vaganian's French, setting up a massive pawn centre and wandering out to g3 with his king in order to maintain it. After all, there is no obvious way to...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: French defence
Annotations by: EnasYorl
From the analysis: Judge Alexander Beaufort Meek (1814-1865)was the president of, and participant in, the first American national chess congress in 1857. A knockout competition without seeding this game was from...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: French: Winawer, advance, Bogolyubov variation
Annotations by: dconterno
From the analysis: In chess, it is generally difficult to play someone who has a similar style to yours. Tal was not an exception and he always suffered from Nezhmetdinov's hand as this game will demonstrate.
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Annotated Master GameOpening: French: Rubinstein variation
Annotations by: Paul Georghiou
From the analysis: This was a key game with both players level on points with two rounds to go. Kasparov convincingly reasserted his status as World Number one player with this victory
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