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Opening: Caro-Kann: classical variation
Annotations by: Alkhemyst
From the analysis: Six time British Champion, Fredrick D. Yates takes on Richard Reti. Although not as highly rated as some, Yates was considered to be dangerous, and on some occasions could defeat the best (even...
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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: Scotch opening
Annotations by: EnasYorl
From the analysis: The opening round of the chess Olympiad, where the highly rated countries are pitted against the minnows of the chess world are a prime source of "master vs amateur" games. Here opening blunders...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Kings Indian: 5.Be2
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: Svetozar Gligoric was a Serbian (Yugoslavian during his heyday) chess grandmaster. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times. In the 1950s and 1960s Gligoric was one of the top...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Ruy Lopez: closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4
Annotations by: Paul Georghiou
From the analysis: This is an incredible game, which provided a complete contrast to many of the previous games of this tournament. It is complete tactic mayhem for several moves which settles down to a position...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Sicilian: Najdorf, 7.f4
Annotations by: GoBoSox
From the analysis: The Najdorf is one of Black's best Sicilian defenses and in this game we see both players enter extreme complications. White strikes first and appears to have a strong attack, Black finds a...
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Annotated Master GameOpening: KGA: bishops gambit, Greco variation
Annotations by: EnasYorl
From the analysis: Paul Morphys' dad Alonzo was considered a decent club chess player in 18th century New Orleans. This is one of Young Paul's earrliest recorded games
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Reti opening
Annotations by: Paul Georghiou
From the analysis: This is cagey positional battle, ending in a draw
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Annotated Master GameOpening: Kings Indian: Four pawns attack
Annotations by: SuperMac
From the analysis: The Kings-Indian Four Pawns Attack, a system that was very popular years ago seems to leave the King open to attack,White tries to maintain his centre Black to undermind it.
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Annotated ChessWorld GameOpening: Kings Indian: 5.Be2
Annotations by: Earl of Norfolk
From the analysis: A favourite strategy of playing the opening in chess is to trick one's opponent into playing a variation he would not normally adopt by transposing a few moves here and there. In the game below,...
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