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Opening: Reti opening
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: The New York Tournament of 1924 was memorable for several reasons. First, because it was won by ex-World Champion Emanuel Lasker over the then-current Champion José Capablanca, the latter of...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Ruy Lopez: closed
Annotations by: dconterno
From the analysis: Tal and Spassky... two great names from the 1950's to the 1980's. Here we have them playing a Ruy Lopez (Breyer defence) where once more, Tals demonstrates his attacking skills.
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Annotated Master GameOpening: KGA: bishops gambit, Maurian defence
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: "It is a delight to watch a young and gifted chess player. To him have come no sinister experiences; to him continual carping is foreign. Therefore he loves the attack and the bold sacrifice;...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Blumenfeld counter-gambit, Dus-Chotimursky variation
Annotations by: cuppablanca
From the analysis: Another game by Aagaard in the British Championship (see also Flear vs Aagaard). Once again he is living dangerously as Black..
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Sicilian defence
Annotations by: dconterno
From the analysis: To play 'quiet' lines against strong tactical opponents has its drawback as illustrated in this game. Dzindzichashvili played a line that is not too challenging for Tal, thus allowing him to...
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Annotated ChessWorld GameOpening: Benko gambit accepted
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: This is only my second attempt to play the Benko Gambit as Black, although I have had much success playing against it as White. The position after Black's 13th move is very typical of this...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: KGA: MacDonnell gambit
Annotations by: Alkhemyst
From the analysis: Maroczy was a Hungarian Grandmaster who was thought (around the time of this game) to be a challenger to Emanuel Lasker who was then World Champion. Chigorin was a Russian Grandmaster, a...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Ruy Lopez: closed
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: This is the fourth game from Karlsbad 1911 that I have annotated, the others being Duras v. Cohn (under the title "Attack and Counterattack"), Schlechter v. Perlis (entitled "Carl Schlechter"),...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: English opening
Annotations by: Paul Georghiou
From the analysis: This game was expected to be a one way battle. However GM Pons put up a mighty fight, and managed to draw against the Great Kasparov- a legend - especially at Linares!
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Annotated Master GameOpening: English opening
Annotations by: jim42078, Lord Ptarmigan
From the analysis: This game shows Staunton at his brilliant best, demonstrating supreme positional skill ahead of his time. Note in particular the deployment of his bishops at g2 and b2 which is reminiscent of...
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