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Opening: Ruy Lopez: closed
Annotations by: dconterno
From the analysis: Tal plays like... Tal!!! Tukmakov allows Tal to play a dashing move but in fact, he is the one in control. After the firework, Tukmakov clearly demonstrated that he was in no way losing, thanks...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Ruy Lopez: Morphy defence, Duras variation
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: Oldrich Duras, from Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic) in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was one of the world's top players in the decade prior to the outbreak of World War I....
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Ruy Lopez: closed
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: One hundred years ago, from August 20 to September 24, 1911, 26 of the world's top chessplayers of that era (only Lasker and Capablanca were missing) met at the spa town of Karlsbad in Austrian...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Ruy Lopez: Marshall, main line, 14...Qh3
Annotations by: Paul Georghiou
From the analysis: This game features Adams's favourite Marshall defence to the Ruy Lopez which usually scores very highly for him. However Ponomariov's disregard for material considerations leads to a crushing...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Ruy Lopez: Berlin defence, open variation
Annotations by: Paul Georghiou
From the analysis: Pons tries the Berlin defence to the Ruy Lopez again and holds Adams to a draw after a brief tactical battle
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Ruy Lopez: Berlin defence
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: Unlike some of his successors, the first World Champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, was never hesitant about defending his title. The following game is from his second title match with Mikhail Chigorin...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Ruy Lopez: closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4
Annotations by: Paul Georghiou
From the analysis: Adams again shows his mastery of the black side of the closed Ruy Lopez holding Shirov to a draw without any trouble
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Ruy Lopez: Berlin defence, open variation
Annotations by: Paul Georghiou
From the analysis: Annotations by Paul Georghiou (FIDE 2258), Tryfon Gavriel (FIDE 2170) This game features the Berlin defence - a very solid defence against the Ruy Lopez. In this game the queens come off early,...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Ruy Lopez: open, St. Petersburg variation
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: The recently deceased Danish Grandmaster Bent Larsen was one of the top non-Soviet players of the 1960s and 70s. Here is a game he won against that other top non-Soviet grandmaster of the...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Ruy Lopez: closed
Annotations by: Paul Georghiou
From the analysis: Michael Adams, the Uks No.1 seed grinds down Ponomariov in his typical style
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