Info Ajl
No very high level of chess erudition is required to brand this move anti-positional, and to give it a fat question mark, as almost every commentator has done. Its bad points are quite obvious. But the move was played by an international grandmaster, and he undoubtedly saw some good in the move, this being that Black fixes the pawn at b4, and prepares to break with ,.a7-a5, aiming to isolate one of the queenside pawns. As for the weakness of the pawn at c6, Black expects to close the c-file...
Info Fzf
Obsessed by his desire to exchange off the darksquare bishops, Szabo overlooks White's simple reply. 18 a4 was necessary, in order to prevent the trade of lightsquare bishops, at least, and to deprive White's pieces of the square b3. In removing his bishop from f6, Black left the e5-pawn unprotected, so that now he must recapture the bishop with his b-pawn. Strange as it may seem, the line thus opened will turn into an artery of communications for White's pieces, and not for Black's. The...
Info Lmi
The most cursory inspection of the position will show that Black's pieces hang like clouds over White's position. But how to turn this to account Boleslavsky wants the key to the white fortress the e-pawn. Kotov has won his pawn back, but Boleslavsky relentlessly turns to attack the next pawn on the diagonal, at f3. What happens if this pawn falls, or moves on Behind the pawn on f3 stands the king, which Black has marked down as the next and