Bibliography
An Attacking Repertoire for White, Sam Collins Batsford 2004 An Explosive Chess Opening Repertoire for Black, Jouni Yrjola amp Jussi Telia Gambit 2001 Attacking with 1 e4, John Emms Everyman 2001 Beating the Pirc Modern with the Fianchetto Variation, Andrew Soltis Chess Digest 1993 Carpathian Warrior Book One, Bogdan Lalic amp Vladimir Okhotnik V.Padyaya 2005 Chess for Zebras, Jonathan Rowson Gambit 2005 Chess Openings for White Explained, Lev Alburt, Roman Dzindzichashvili amp Eugene...
Giorgi Kacheishvili Chess Coach
USCF History, p. 10 served as both USCF and World Chess Hall of Fame executive director. His latest book, with Lev Alburt, is Chess Training Pocket Book II. North American Open, p. 18 is a frequent contributor with over 100 Chess Life articles carrying his byline since 1975 and is the president of the Chess Journalists of America. Ray Robson Profile, p. 24 is a media developer and foreign correspondent for the Internet Chess Club's Chess.FM. He was voted 2008 Chess Journalist of the Year by...
Exchange Variation 1
If White wants to play a more open game, the Exchange Variation is the ticket l.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 These moves, shown in Diagram 89, open the game a bit. White hopes that having an extra move will give him an advantage. Black is happy to trade away his c6-pawn for Whites e4-pawn. White has to make a choice of whether to play c2-c4, attacking the d5-pawn, or whether he would prefer c2-c3 and a quiet existence. Exchange Variation, Rubinstein Variation Once more we have an opening variation...
Solution to the King Pawn Opening
_ fter discovering the solidity of building a house in chess, I became attracted to the very same formations against White's King Pawn Opening. This time, however, the ideas were far more tricky for me than in a Barcza Opening and a King's Indian Defense KID . In time, I learned to play the Pirc Defense, which became a career defense that I still use to this day. The opening move order is quite important for Black as a single mistake can give him a bad game. The opening moves are 1 ,e4 d6 Black...
Czech Benoni Defense
If Black is unhappy about giving White a central majority, he can absolutely lock up the center using a Czech Benoni l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Instead of challenging White's d5-pawn, Black's e-pawn whizzes right by it. The center now becomes totally blockaded 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 Diagram 152 shows he starting position of the Czech Benoni Defense. White has a fine wedge in the center which cramps Black pieces, but how will he further exploit it With the center so locked, play on the flanks becomes all...
MultiVolume Works on the Endgame
Encyclopedia of Chess Endings ECE , all published by Sahovski Informator Bishop and Knight Endings volume, Nicosia 1993 Rook Endings Volume 1, Belgrade 1985 Rook Endings Volume 2, Belgrade 1986 Originally published in Russian under the title Shakhmatnye Okonchaniya by Fizkultura i Sport in five volumes Volume 1 Bishop Endings Averbakh , Knight Endings Averbakh and Chekhover 1980 Volume 2 Bishop vs Knight Averbakh , Rook vs Minor Piece Averbakh 1981 Volume 3 Queen Endings Averbakh , Queen vs...
lilil bam m m
Surprisingly, the game which did most to popularise tllis plan was not a Sicilian Defence but an English Opening. The game in question is Saidy-Fischer, New York 1969 which went 1 c4e5 2 ftc3 ftc6 3 g3 f5 4 Ag2 ft f6 5 d3 Ac5 6 e3 f4 7 efO-O 8 ftge2 e8 9 0-0 d6 10 fta4 Ad4 11 ftxd4 ed 12 h3 h5 13a3a5 14 b3 fg 15 ftb2 Af5 16 c2 ftd7 17 Sel ftc5 18 Afl 2a6 19 Ad2 2b6 20 Axa5 2xb3.21 Ad2 2a8 22 a4 2a6 23 a5 4'h7 24 ledl b6 25 lei ba 26 fta4 2xd3 27 Axd3 Axd3 28 Wa2 ftb4 29 Wa3 ftc2 30 Wb2 ftxal 31...
The Catalan
Kasparov adopted this opening for his match against Korchnoi during a period where Icelandic IM now GM Margeir Petursson was its leading exponent and when the literature on the opening included only an old book by Neishtadt and a small monograph in English by co-author Schiller. He retained the opening for occasional use against Karpov. Current recommended literature includes books by Neishtadt 1986 , Moiseyev amp Ravinsky 1984 and Schiller 1986, 1988 . Before the Korchnoi match he had used the...
A Batsford Chess Book
1 Introducing the Dragon 7 2 Important Dragon Concepts 9 4 Yugoslav Attack Introduction 36 5 Yugoslav Attack 9 jk.c4 44 7 Yugoslav Attack 9 0-0-0 107 8 The Classical Dragon 143 11 Levenfish Attack 6 f4 202 12 Tips in the Anti-Sicilians 211 Index of Complete Games 219 Index of Variations 221 This is the Sicilian Dragon. Need I say more Well yes, I suppose, is the answer because I've got another 220 odd pages to fill So forget the likes of Star Wars, Terminator, Silence of the Lambs etc, as...
Bishops are happiest on the long diagonals
So after thinking for a long time over its first move, the android proudly plays l.g3 just to make sure it gets its bishop to g2 before the opponent's bishop lands on b7. Having decided on l.g3, it will also, no doubt, appreciate the defensive value of the formation with king castled behind a bishop on g2 and knight on f3, and it will also surely see the benefit of playing a pawn to c4, and perhaps even formulate the plan of advancing its neighbour to b4 and b5, just to enhance the bishop s...
Classical Scheveningen Introduction
1 e4 c5 2 gt f3 e6 3 d4 cd 4 Qxd4 4 f6 5 c3 d6 6 Ae2 Among chessplayers who are only superficially acquainted with the theory of the Sicilian Defence, there exists the opinion that this modest move leads to less interesting play than 6 g4 or 6 Ac4. Not so The system with 6 e2 may not be quite so direct, but it is more solid and no less exciting than other lines of the Scheveningen. Double-edged play is unavoidable, and sacrifices or counter-sacrifices abound, since White is gunning for the...
The Checking of Exercises
If a player is shown a move that looks heroic, but in reality turns out to be a bluff, and if, after yielding to the first impression, he will seriously believe this move, but after the bluff is revealed he will feel deeply insulted, it will take a long time for this feeling to be erased. For many years now I have been compiling a card index of exercises, aimed at developing thinking skills and a mastery of the techniques needed by the practical chess player. The examples included in the card...
Topquality Bargain Chess Lessons By Phone
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Epilogue
Being a universal player has always been one of chess's highest ideals. We imagine by that a player who can handle successfully many types of position, who is good in both attack and defence, and whose positional and tactical insights match each other. We have to bear in mind, at the same time, that the ideal of universality is a very wide substratum which encompasses players of great individual differences. Kasparov, Spassky, Timman and Belyavsky are all universal players yet what a huge...
The lono Genius
lr it not without ivi-Min hat more hat Ixxn written about Robert Jamc Rtchcr bom ' March I'M J ihan about am other player, tlie rcvnlu H i lie created i gt comparable wilh Sinnit ' revolution.' lt Kcr the cuune of the inte-ncntng me hundred year there had been no Htdl coeul breakdimugh in che t. In the bghi of the concept presented m die inirujiariion to Volume I, Rtchcr lid ideally into the context of the Cold W ar era a lone American genius challenge the Soviet cbc s inaihinr and defeat it....
FUNDAMENTAL CHESS ENDINGS Wtm
Encyclopaedia of Chess Endings ECE , Bishop and Knight Endings volume, Nicosia 1993 L ufer- und Springerendspiele Av , Aver-bakh, Sportverlag Berlin 1987 In the game Black didn't manage to coordinate his pieces and soon resigned. Can you do better True, you have the wrong rook's pawn, but nobody said that you have to let the black king into the saving corner How can White avoid the known fortresses With you as the shepherd and the bishop as your dog, let's drive the sheep out of the corner Give...
Kira Zvorykina
When Kira Zvorykina was 16 she won first place in one of the tournaments the members of her family held from time to time. This victory over her constant rivals filled her with confidence, and she decided to enter school tournaments. To her surprise, she found she could make a good showing against her school champions and in inter-school tournaments. She learned a great deal from classes at the chess club of the Leningrad Palace of Young Pioneers. Lectures by Pyotr Romanov-sky cleared up many...
M Botvinnik
When this game was played it was thought that Black could equalize easily after 6 e4 as Euwe had recently done against Alekhine in the return match . The line has since been improved for White, and now it is not clear that Black can equalize at all. He should play 10 Nxc3 and 11 b6. It is sad to see such a lover of active play as Alekhine forced to retreat so ignominiously. After 13 Rc8, White can't win the a-pawn by 14 Bxc6 Bxc6 15 Qxa7 because of 15 Bb4 , threatening both 16 . Bxel and 16...
Denker V Schwartz 1930
In No. 108, the preliminary maneuver is brief and simple. Mission accomplished. That the Black king is seriously compromised may be judged from the following circumstances a The hole at KB3 is an outpost station, due to White's king pawn. Its occupation by knight or pawn would be murderous, b White's queen bishop is available to exploit the holes. c White has four minor pieces and the queen readily available to assault the king-side. The king bishop serves where it stands, by threat of removing...
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White wants to keep his pawn on Q4 to guard K5 and also to support an eventual P - QB5. But he is too ambitious he should have made a concession to safety by 10 P-Q5, N-K4 11 P - QN3. Thus Black forces either the isolation of the queen pawn or the premature advance P B5. If 13 RxP, then Q - Q4, winning the king knight pawn and so wrecking the king-side. Faced with B-Q6, White has to hurl himself on the sword after all. 15 R-R4 QxNP and Black wins When do pawns hang and when don't they This...
The Positional Pawn Sacrifice
In a fashion similar to the phenomena of early flank attacks and exchange sacrifices, the frequency of positional pawn sacrifices has increased almost beyond belief. Kasparov talks about the new attitude towards material among younger players, a movement that he claims to be a leader of. Indeed he consistently enters into pawn sacrifices in positions where the compensation would have previously been regarded as insufficient or too abstract and many, many leading masters including older ones...
Valentina Borisenko
Valentina Borisenko nee Belova was born in the town of Cherepovets in 1920. Her father was a doctor. She learned chess while a high-school student in Leningrad, and in 1937 made her debut in the semi-final of the city tournament for the women's championship. She showed exceptional persistence in studying theory and playing in strong tournaments she acquired valuable experience from the defeats she sustained at the beginning. A fearless, industrious player, she won second-category rating in a...
The story of Cuzear Ford Becoming a Class B player
Cuzear Ford was a long time Class C chess player see Figure 33 when he came across the Rapid Chess Improvement study program. After implementing just part of the program, his rating shot up immediately to the Class B level. His rating jumped 122 points in just one two month period. As a point of comparison, my rating never increased more than 100 points over any two-month period even though I, like Cuzear, started at the Class D level. Cuzear's success with the program proves that my experience...
Queen vs Pawns
The queen normally wins against one or even several pawns. Only if the pawns are very far advanced do they have a chance. We start with a single pawn. If it has advanced to the seventh rank and is threatening to promote, everything depends on whether the attacking king can assist the queen. With a central pawn, this is almost always possible, no matter how far away the king is. 2 lt amp d3 is met by 3 Wb4 followed by Wei. If the queen manages to get in front of the pawn, the win is trivial. The...
The Characteristic Boleslavsky Structure
The Paulsen or Boleslavsky structure arises when Black plays an early e5 or, as mentioned earlier, it can be reached from a Scheveningen or Najdorf when Black plays e5, usually after an earlier e6. The Paulsen structures are distinct from the Najdorf in that in the Paulsen Black's queen's knight is ordinarily developed on c6 while in the Najdorf the queen's knight is developed on d7. White usually follows with f4, establishing a duo. Then Black may capture on f4 with exf4, followed by hz5. The...
No Kings Indian Attack V SMYSLOY M BOTVINNIK
Twenty-second Soviet Championship, Moscow, 1955 White adopted a similar system in his match with Botvinnik, but here he tries a different strategic plan he avoids the advance of the K B P and strives to transfer the centre of gravity of the struggle to the Q-side. The text move safeguards the position of the Kt on QB4.
R Domenech S Flohr Rosas Sicilian Defense
For a description of Flohr's skill in this game, I commend you to Roget's Thesaurus, where you will find such adjectives as exquisite, elegant, artistic, and enchanting. Throughout the play there are delightful finesses and touches of originality. Who but Salo Flohr would interrupt a series of exchanges, force an irreparable weakness, and then proceed to complete the exchanges To my mind, this quiet little positional game, played with crystalline clarity, outshines all the blazing combinations...
Closed lines Big Clamp and Antoshin
The so called Big Clamp is a method of play closely related to the Closed Sicilian. The difference is that White's queen's knight does not go to c3. Games 37, 38 and 39 were examples of the 'Big Clamp' not being met by a Black king-side fianchetto. The present section is devoted to games in which he does fianchetto. The line of pawns White sets up acts as .a kind of shock-absorber. Black finds it difficult to open lines in the centre or on the queenside. White will gradually increase his space...
Twomove Problems
Illustrated Sporting a nd Morn ing First attempt at a chess problem, 1888 English Mechan ic a nd Va nity Fair Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News Illuatrated Sporting and Dramatie News Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
Why Play the Scotch Game
First of all, the Scotch is a very well respected opening that you can rely upon - no one's going to come along and refute it in the next few years. It's also relatively easy to learn and can be played after little study unlike the Ruy Lopez, Black doesn't have at his disposal a plethora of tricky sidelines. Despite this, the Scotch does offer a good variety of positions. Those interested in sharp, tactical battles will enjoy the complexities of the Mieses Variation, while less experienced...
BlackmarDiemer Gambit
I must confess that I had assumed this Gambit to be only playable against l d5, as after 1 d4 f6 2 c3 d5 3 e4 Black can simply play 3 xe4. When Gary Lane's recent book, The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Batsford 1995 arrived the first thing I learnt was that this is called the Hubsch Gambit, while the second thing I learnt was that the Hubsch Gambit is not so bad and that Black can probably only obtain an equal game. As we are looking for more than this, the Blackmar-Diemer has to be accepted. After 3...
Bobby Fischer Games
1. e4 e5 2. lt jf3 lt c6 3. JLb5 a6 4. a4 5. 0-0 e4 6. d4 b5 7. JLb3 d5 8. de jLe6 9. c3 9. jLe3 JLe7 10. c3 fd7 11. amp bd2 Hd8 12. h3 amp d2 13. fd2 amp a5 14. g5 c5 15. Qfel amp c6 16. Sadl h6 17. JLe7 fe7 18. Ic2 0-0 19. d3 g6 20. e3 lt amp g7 21. a3 Short - Ljubojevic, Linares, 1989 Ac7 10. amp bd2 0-0 11. fc2 4 c5 11 4 d2 12. fd2 4 a5 13. jLc2 amp c4 14. d3 g6 15. h6 lt Qb2 16. e3 lt c4 17. ff4 c5 18. JLf8 f8 Keres 12. amp d4 lt Qb3 12 amp d4 13. cd b3 14. 4 b3 Sc8 Botvinnik - Denker,...
Appraising Chess Problems
By Maxwell Bu ofzer, Bellaire, L. I. Among the requests from solvers one of the most often repeated is Please state a rule by which a chess problem's merit may be properly appraised. It is not an easy task to lay down a rule that will meet with the approval of every one. In the first place all rules are apt to be tinged with arbitrariness. In the second place the merit of a problem is depending on so many factors, some of which are deemed important by all authors and some of which arc...
Cu G Kasparov Shirov
6 Ae7 7. f6 Af6 8. h4 0-0 9. Ad3 c5 10. e2 10. c3 cd 11. cd e5 7 10 cd 11. e4 g6 12.0-0-0 Wa5 12 gt c5 13. Wf4l 12 e5D 13. Af6 f6 14. d4 h5 15. a3 2d8 15 Wb616. Wb6 a 27. Shell xb7, b6 16. We3 Ad7 17. g4 amp f6 18. f4 lt d5 19. h6 f6 20. gt g5 20. h5 g4 21. 0f4 e5 21 2 22. hg f g 23. amp h6 - 22. Wg5 h6 22 f6 23. mi4 Ag524. amp g5 fg 25. 0g5 23. 0e7 ms 24. hg Wf3 25. Jte4 f4 26. amp bl fg 26 Sf8 27. Ab7 Ae6 28. Aa8 amp 8 29. Wf3 30. 2hfl - 27. Ag6 Wf6 28. Sd7 Shirov 20 c6 6 Ae7 7. Af6 8. h4 0-0...
The Smyslov Variation
We shall now look at the Smyslov system where White plays an early Bg5. Play starts 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 Nf3 d6 0-0 5 Bg5 and now White will follow up with e2-e3 Diagram 11 . This can be quite a dangerous line for Black. In my early days as a King's Indian player I struggled a bit playing with e7-e5. The turning point for me came when I suddenly noticed a game where Smyslov was playing Black against his own system. He played with c7-c5 and won really easily. I copied him and my results...
Kuznecov Silman 1986
Kuznecov-Silman, Oregon Open 1986. Black to play. Kuznecov-Silman, Oregon Open 1986. Black to play. Black is better due to his superior Bishop good Bishop versus bad Bishop and the fact that his Knight can make use of the weakened c5 and d4 squares while its counterpart has nowhere to go at all. What about space At the moment the territory is basically even. However, Black's superior minor pieces will eventually allow him to annex space on the kingside. His plan is this 1 Place his minor pieces...
Botvinnik Smyslov Kav
60 P-N4 P-R5 61 N-Kl B-N4 62 N-B2 B-B3 63 K-Q3 K-B7 64 N-Rl B-Ql 65N-B2B-N4 66 P-N5 B-Ql 67 N-N4 B-N3 68 N-B2 B-R4 69 N-N4 K-K8 0-1 60 P-R4 would have 18 Smyslov-Botvinnik, French 1 P-K4 P-K3 2 P-Q4 P-Q4 3 N-QB3 B-N5 4 P-QR3 B xN 5 PxB PxP 6 Q-N4 N-KB3 7 QxNP R-Nl 8 Q-R6 P-B4 9 N-K2 R-N3 10 Q-K3 N-B3 11B-Q2N-K2 12N-N3B-Q2 13 P x P Q-B2 14 P-QB4 B-B3 15 B-K2 N-N5 16 BxN RxB 17 P-R3 R-N3 18 NxP N-B4 19N-Q6 ii5 19 . QxN 20 PxQ NxQ 21 BxN BxP 22 R-KN1 K-Q2 23 P-KR4 P-KR4 24 P-B5 This and the next...
Queenless Middlegames
Whatever opening you play as Black, there is always a system or approach for White that seems to stifle winning chances. The QGA is no exception. In this chapter we look at some opening variations where there is an early exchange of queens. The good news is that often Black has nothing to fear in these positions and certainly no need to feel under pressure to make a draw. The bad news is that some of the positions are of a simple nature and in a 'must win' situation, Black may find it difficult...
Geller Quiet System h
This is a far more useful move. White makes luft and prevents annoyances from happening on the g4-square, by l.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0 c6 White also is set to play 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5, forcing the f6-Knight to retreat. 7 Nbd 7 Black concedes that b7-b5 is not yet a threat. Black stands badly after 7 .b5 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nxe5, when Be2-f3 gives White strong pressure. Otherwise Black will play .e7-e5. Kasparov as Black has faced 8.Bf4 Qa5 9.Qd2 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 ll.Bh6 Re8 and...
Grunfeld Defense
The last modern defense against the Queen Pawn Opening I consider in this survey is the Grunfeld Defense. More than any other modern defensive scheme, the Grunfeld typifies piece play for Black and occupation of the center by White. The opening moves are l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 2 g6 This time Black decides to fianchetto his own King's Bishop. 3.Nc3 White is ready to play e2-e4 with central domination. 3 d5 Black makes a surprising move by striking in the center. It is Black's third move that initiates...
Phil LeCornu Life Member
USCF life member bequests 350,000 to USCF The U.S. Chess Federation learned of the passing of a longtime member, Phil LeCornu, through a letter from the execu tor of his estate informing us that he had left the Federation a bequest of 350,000. I was sorry to hear of his death but not at all surprised at his generosity to chess, for Phil and I were good friends in Chicago in the sixties and seventies. I discovered chess as a teenager, age fif teen, and by sixteen attended the major clubs...
Bibliography
Nunn 's Chess Openings, John Nunn, Graham Burgess, John Emms and Joe Gallagher Everyman Gambit 1999 Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings Volume C Sahovski Informator 1997 The Bishop's Opening, T.D. Harding Batsford 1973 The Complete Vienna, Mikhail Tseitlin and Igor Glazkov Batsford 1995 The King's Gambit, Neil McDonald Batsford 1998 Winning With the King's Gambit, Joe Gallagher Batsford 1992 Play the King's Gambit Volume 1 King's Gambit Accepted, Y. Estrin and I.B. Glazkov Pergamon 1982 The Scotch...
The role of perception
He saw everything is invariably the complaint of the chess player who loses a game. Other variants to this lament are I completely missed seeing his move or How could I overlook that move It is no accident that the operation seeing is an element in all those statements. In the final analysis, perception seems to be the key to skill in chess. It is not usually the case that one player calculates so many variations that he generates the correct one where his opponent, who has searched less...
The Berlin Defense and the Endgame
The Berlin Defense C67 in the Spanish torture is designed to head right into an ending. Benko brings us up to date on the latest in this potent weapon against attacking players. The third Grand Prix event of 2008 was organized in Elista, Russia. The Berlin Defense variation of the Ruy Lopez, a system that leads to an early endgame, was played four times here. Even Garry Kasparov praised it, label ing it as an effective weapon against attacking players, as Kramnik showed when he successfully...
Index of Games
Adams-Torre, New Orleans 1920, 193-94 Addison Bisguier, New York 1962-63, 252-53 Alekhine-Eliskases, Buenos Aires 1939, 36-37 Augustin-D. Byrne, Lugano 1968, 122-24 Balashov-Polugaevsky, Manila 1976, 174-75 Barrett, B. S., Endgame Study, Dubuque Chess Journal 1874, 32-33 Bogolyubov-Mieses, Baden-Baden 1925, 25 Ostrau 1923, 248-49 Botterill-Tal, Bath 1973, 169-70 Botvinnik-Boleslavsky, Moscow 1941, 226-27 Botvinnik-Kann, Sverdlovsky 194 3-4 1972, 217-18 Byrne, R.-Fischer, New York 19 64, 186-87...
Advice
Study the openings to help find good middlegame plans. Distinguish between plans and dreams. Anticipate trouble before it happens. Take the time to attend to small problems. In chess and life, try to control your own destiny take the initiative . Avoid good-looking moves that do nothing for your game. 1 Boleslavsky-Lissitzin, Moscow, 1956 Knight Outpost on d5 I.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 S.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.0-0-0 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 QaS II.Kbl eS 12.Be3 Be6 13.a3 Rfd8...
I Boleslavsky G Lissitzin Moscow Sicilian Defense
Boleslavsky knows that a good grip on the center almost always guarantees the success of a King-side attack. He therefore plans to anchor a Knight at Q5 so firmly that it can never be driven away. To accomplish this he must do away with two enemy pieces that bear down on that square, a Bishop and a Knight. He lures the Bishop off by a gift of a Pawn, and disposes of the Knight by pinning it and forcing its exchange. Once Boleslavsky's Knight reaches the magic square Q5, combinations appear out...
Closed French Defense
If Black tries to occupy the center, but doesn't want to weaken his d5-square, he can try a different formation l.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 Black is happy with his central gains and plays to strengthen his center. The position is shown in Diagram 209. By now White's play should be quite familiar. He will again use his e-pawn as a battering ram. 7.e4 O-O As White, this was one of Bobby Fischer's favorite positions, which he used to score a number of fine wins. While the center is not locked, it...
Jos Raul Capablanca Viacheslav Ragozin
What has made this ending so famous is the way Capablanca annotated it. He wrote White's plan is to prevent the c-pawn from advancing and to control the board up to the fifth rank. To do this it is necessary to move the king to e3, put the rook on c3, the knight on d4 and the pawns on b4 and f4. When this position has been achieved, it will be time to move the queenside pawns. Capablanca asks himself Where should my pieces stand and uses the several-moves-in-a-row rule. He gave no specific...