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Opening: 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: Nimzo-Indian: classical, Noa variation, main line, 7.Qc2
Annotations by: SuperMac
From the analysis: Bobby Fisher always played e4 saying it was the best move to start with, this is open to debate I suppose but I rarely play d4 myself
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Ruy Lopez: Worrall attack, solid line
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: The Estonian Paul Keres is perhaps the strongest player of his era to never become World Champion. Rising to fame in the 1930s, he tied with Reuben Fine in the AVRO tournament of 1938, the...
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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: QGA: 3.Nf3
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: David Janowski is remembered today more for his eccentricities than his skill at chess. Frank Marshall said of him, "Janowski could follow the wrong path with greater determination than any man...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Danish gambit: Soerensen defence
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: Due to the meager financial rewards of professional chessplayers (especially in the pre-Fischer days), masters make ends meet by engaging in simultaneous exhibitions against amateurs, who pay a...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Danish gambit
Annotations by: EnasYorl
From the analysis: The Baden-Baden gambit tournament of 1914; with games such as this one, lead to the abandonment of the Danish gambit from high level chess. Was it premature?
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Evans gambit
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: Adolf Anderssen (1818 - 1878) of Prussia (later a part of Germany) played what are arguably the two most anthologised games in chess history. The first was dubbed "The Immortal Game," and the...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Vienna: Steinitz gambit
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: Wilhelm Steinitz never thought anything of defending difficult positions. In fact, he quite often got into these positions on purpose. The Steinitz Gambit is one of his many opening innovations....
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