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[Event “Zurich ct”] [Site “Zurich ct”] [Date “1953.09.19”] [EventDate “?”] [Round “12”] [Result “1-0”] [White “Mark Taimanov”] [Black “Efim Geller”] [ECO “E94”] [WhiteElo “?”] [BlackElo “?”] [PlyCount “80”] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 Re8 10.d5 c5 11.g3 Nf8 12.a3 Ng4 13.Nh4 a6 14.Bd2 h5 15.h3 Nf6 16.b4 b6 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Rb1 N6d7 19.Qa4 Bf6 20.Nf3 h4 21.Nd1 hxg3 22.fxg3 Nb8 23.Re3 Nh7 24.Reb3 Bd7 25.Qa5 Qc8 26.Nf2 Bd8 27.Qc3 Ba4 28.R3b2 Nd7 29.h4 Ra7 30.Bh3 Qc7 31.Ng5 Nxg5 32.Bxg5 Bxg5 33.hxg5 Kg7 34.Qf3 Qd8 35.Rb7 Rxb7 36.Rxb7 Kg8 37.Bxd7 Bxd7 38.Ng4 Qxg5 39.Rxd7 f5 40.exf5 Rb8... read more
10 Things You Never Knew About Viswanathan Anand
10 Things You Never Knew About Viswanathan Anand. He is one of India’s most successful, yet low-profile sports personalities. In light of his latest achievement, here’s a look at some interesting and little known facts about arguably one of the greatest chess players of all time:
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Top 10 reasons for losing at chess
In case you are wondering what excuse you need to give for losing your chess game here are a few tips and ready made excuses that you can use for pacifying yourself or others. The Top 10 reasons for losing at chess – choose wisely!
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Important Thumb rules for the opening stage in chess
Many chess beginners want to simplify chess principles in a way that can be easily understood and retained in memory. Having seen the puzzled looks on some of the
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Which is stronger – Bishop or Knight – Part – 2
In this part – Which is stronger – Bishop or Knight – Part – 2, I am going to show you a classic game played between Gligoric and Trifunovic
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An Excellent Positional Sacrifice
Let us look at a position that shows an excellent positional sacrifice. Such examples help us understand the concept of a positional sacrifice – which means giving away a higher value piece for the enemy’s lower value piece to attain a good advantage for a win or at times a draw (in case the game seems lost).
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