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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THE authoE and publishers thank the following who have kindly lent the subjects illustrated on the pages listed: Mr Garcth Williams, 32, 166, 168,242,271 .2a5 ,292.327i Just Games, 308, 360; Phillips ,nd Drew. 302. They are also indebted to the following for permission to rcproduce the illusrations on the pages given below: B. T. Batsford, 190i BBC Hulton Picture Library, 57, 106, 179, 217i Bodleiatr Libnry, Oxford, 212, 348, 350; Bntish Chess Masazine, 5, 314, 342; Bdtish Library, 203, 363; British Museum, 184; Thonas E. Cook,68; Eon Productions Ltd., @ 1964 Danjaq SA (Photo: Courtesy of The National Film Archive), 87; Keystone Press Agencv, 116i The Mansell Collection,36; National Portmit Gallery,250; Novosti Press Agencv, 159, 248. 318: Patrimodo Nacional, Madrid, 9i Philadelphia Museum of Art: Th€ Louise a.d Walter Arensberg Collection (Copyright ADAGP), 97; Royal Asiatic Societv, 306i Society for Cultunl Relations with USSR, 46; Staatliche Museeo Preussischer Kulturbe sitz, Berlh, 81; Comptroller of Her Majesty's Stationery Offi@ (Crown Copyright). 240.
NOTE TO THE READER E N r rI E s &e in simpte letter-by-letter alphabetical order, with spaces and hFhens ignoredi all names beginning with Mc are ananged as though they were prefixed Mac, and St is ordered as though it were spelt Saint. C.os references are indicated by the us of smll capital lette6: if a name or tem is printed if, this form on its tust appearance in an article, it will be found to have its owtr entry. The numbers that accompany names of openings or vanatioN refer to Appendix I, where the moves of these lines are listed. Appendix Il provides a glossary of ches terms in French, German, Italim, Masyar, Russian, and Spanish-
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The game of ches exerts a fascinati
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THE OXFORD COMPANION TO CF{ESS DAVI
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PREFACE No game has surpassed chess
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ABBAAA DEFENCE.582, standard line,
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16 Kxe2 RcB 1713 b5 13 cib5 axb5 19
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game againsr Adolf C!:nk in lhe Kol
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l+o=b-2r dller BonrNNrr, Capablanca
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AI-GEBRAIC NOTATION 9 ,ct ro be dis
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ANDERSON 11 and oilen look less lim
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AnJenseFL. Paulsen Vienna 1373 Phil
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this squa.e ineffe.- tive, a manauv
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ASETAPADA, an ancienr Indian ra@ ga
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posal was oade by Dr zboriet of Pra
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BACEMANN, LUDWIG 0856 1937), one ol
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BARING CHESS 23 % t i w % ,9 b4 (wr
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BASIC ENDGAME 25 posnionrhar can be
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BELYAVSKY 27 xJ2 Bxg3+ is threatene
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BERLINER 29 noted rhat (l d4 c5)2.1
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BIRD 31 move, Ircm rhree lo nve and
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BISHOPS OF OPPOSITE COLOUR 33 Tso b
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he playcd. and relreshing himself r
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Philidor plarinp blindJ.ld at Px$lo
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Dr!\cnnnathe,d\mlcottr/hte!lpuM)t4N
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cur back his chess activiies. Hh Ni
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choicc of moves. These artistic req
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BOO(, k.own infornalion ahoui tbc o
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BOURDONNAIS 47 DOTVINNIK VaRIATION.
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BRINCXMANN 49 Frar Clenens Honoratu
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BUCKLE 51 shosing what mighl have o
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No-Movd conPose6 of his gene.ation.
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ioumament 1896. this defe.ce w6 use
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cibler ollhe 158 march and tournane
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caRO VARTATION- 44-1 in ib knorm \i
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.rss.. Caxton\ t.nshiior oI Cesol.\
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Checknare is a unique charactcrisli
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N. I. Greko!, M. /. cl4,r;n (1939)
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CLEAN SCORE 67 CTRCULAR CEESS. see
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novel kind of .lock was prorided by
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7E ol Jamaica and H. F. W. La.e of
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COMPANION SQUARES, COMPDNSATION, ad
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BRowNE played this ending against r
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CONTROI- NOTATION 77 eration is the
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R.8 15b.rNcd7 16Bg3Nb6 17Qb3Nfd5 l8
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CRACOW VARIATION 8I 7r. C/'6r C,n.
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CYC]TC PLAY 83 outsranding analrsr,
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DABBABA..n uno.thodox LtaPER used i
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DEMONSTRATION ROARIJ 3? a% "ffifrw
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tsla.l iniourcednaloin three by23.
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DIAGRAM, a piclorial representation
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DoMINATIoN, a study lem indicating
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The objecr, morc often than no1, n
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DUPI-EX 9? comncnls on the Sxde arc
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DUr'CIl VARIATION. 39. a standard l
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pa of the bod! qhrch rr A dcstred t
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ENGELS !03 FIDE title system is lou
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as ambasador. ln relurn d'6onwas sc
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nasrer, and rhey have been tanstaEd
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entre. AIso 414 in the spaNrss opEN
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EALKBEER VARIA'I ION, 321 . la Scha
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A posnion bl tne French inalyst Pie
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chess ser and sood became deeply ab
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Mt 60 Memorobk eMd. a classic of pa
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Ii$l pria ahead of Bogoljubow, L L.
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seond board lor bis suntry in tbe O
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Masaz c (Dec.1786). This essay in p
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FYFE GAMBTT i25 saved.19.. . Bxh2+
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GELLER I27 1833) in 1813 and by Bre
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trutto della Munieta di Gilocar'a S
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whouyto problens.In 1924 holh thc c
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cach player'ssecond rankcould be ad
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GA(A orGADAforWhite. SAWA oTSAPA fo
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2r e5 eb ?2 Ogl Nrs 23 Ne4 ts$3 ?4
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Whrre \ I]a{n on rl r r hrlfPc$ed l
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There was 6uch a.rimony between riv
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Ilaingunoflicially adoptcd a. l lye
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conquerorsolSicilyshortlyafterwards
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HUBNER 14? rr rN.oDened htrchesr dn
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I IBCA, thc Intenratioml Braille Ch
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INTERFERENCE ]5I to be faia!. In mn
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TVKOV 153 ou$clves adopl it. We dis
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J'ADOUBE. A waming givcn by a playe
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JUNGE 157 forerunner ol thc problem
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Kaeov in 1932 L€nidgrad Universir
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HebecamcacaNDrD^Ebywinning(+?=6)the
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KERES 163 and having lew opportunit
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0'0 g6 7 Rcl Bg7 3 h3 Nh6 I Ncr b6
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KNAAK 16? caied play iollowing 3 .
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KOLISCH 169 KNIGIIT WEEEL, a proble
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sdnine the soviel masicr tiilc (195
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KROCIUS I73 rhe (rcnuNr hcciN 19 Oh
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KUPREICEIK. VIKTOR DAVIDOVICH (1949
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delearollvko!(+4:3 l)rhenalossloTal
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1914, a historic event because Capa
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playc$ from Riga, in particular by
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FwIs 133 men1, ln narch play he del
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LDWIS COUNmR-GAMBIT, 335, an aggres
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the G..r.Il,.hrc, neady nnished, wa
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LtvlNG CHESS 189 Anong the many poe
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Thc hmiLiar GREE( crF rollo*\ 2l Bx
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L6PEZ-4TANUTIO COTNTDR.GAMBIT. 569
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idea- although manyye rspasscd bclo
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MCCUTCmON VARIATION. 640. a line in
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t7Qh6+ Krh6 rsNhr5+ Bxf5 19Nxl5+ (h
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€ndgme,havebecomcstandardized. (S
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was not conducive to success 1n sho
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MARSHALL DEFENCE 205 York in 1896.
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as rhe grh centu4 are on rc.ord, bu
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a1 15 he won (+3=3) the 6nal (or pl
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The play is somelines said to show
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nlemaiional Grandmaster (1982). He
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MODEL MATE 215 Tara*h-Tci.hiann O$e
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playemi bur he would not !isi1 thc
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While and 39 or 40 single nov6 by B
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N, a symboliorthe knieht ohen uscd
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NEWSIAPER COLUMNS 223 NEUMANN. GUST
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temporarily retired) lrom ahoul 192
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indicaEs clearlylhrtir is whitcvho
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OBLIGATORY CEECT, a term u*d by Idr
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was little advance md the l9th i th
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inplying the .eciprocal relationshi
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white cannotplay I Nl6+ because thi
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PACITMAN, l-LrDiK (1924 ). Czech-bo
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An.r long derence Blact bc8nr hn.tu
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PAULSEN VARIATION 2,1I Quiet .nd un
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any player in thc world. None of bi
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seak or otheoise. Exanioation may r
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asainst iAENrscn nr the 1840s. Serg
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was the nore proDablc cause. (See D
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tbe frrs1*nler ro exahine a BAsrc E
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ioblcm by Shinkman. D.,rdi, Ire? Pr
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%z % A study; poco$ANis that von se
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twtrfi.t %* %'& t wt% w % tst* w- F
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publishedbisanalysisinDearsches Wac
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E. Varnusz. .S.l..l?l (;an6 af Lajo
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Bla.l nos makes a p.sirional srrili
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The evenl thlt kindled the enlhusil
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(li-Ehmins wa, becausc of thc short
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PSEUDO-TWO-MOVER, a kind ol problen
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Q, the English languagc symbol for
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RABAR, BRASLAV 0919-r3). Yugoslav p
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RAT OPENING 2?5 ard sele.ts a piece
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RFjFLEX CtlESS. an unorrhodox gamc
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1925 he played 29 blindf old games
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A pionccr problem by an unkroNn con
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stalionary shootinS ns target oil t
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naring continuation rhat v.s nol av
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Engl.nd, Germany. a.d India around
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...Ngl 2Nd4.AfterthekeyiBI4(threale
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s, aslmbol ior lhe knight(GernanJp,
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In 1634 he published 1/ P,ri,o, all
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SAVON. VL,ADIMIR ANDREYEViCH (1940-
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Schlechteis laler achielemenls in.l
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anorhei 16 games and back g.nes in
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SCOTCH GAME 3l]I inte.est in dank o
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sealed arc Nritlcn on tbe envelope.
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lron those oI the Tarrasch Deledce,
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SHATRANJ 307 sqnares are on hisodd-
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SHORT, NIGEL DAVID (1965 ), Enghh p
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SISIlR SQUARES 311 SICIIRJONSSON, G
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the cenrre pasns scrc adranced late
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i ,5tt t %wt "&,%ru 20 Bb7 (Blrck!
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Black mu$ conccdc nor spae in rhc .
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man.csin l930 rscoreol+5=5 3bshrren
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SQUEEZE 32I 18 Os,l Ob5 19 Oc4 Od7
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A position f.on rhe gane N. hoscki-
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S'I'AUNTON 325 to rccruil Ameicans
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about chess be lenrned by himsell.
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1972,second (+6=81 afler Polusaye,s
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oad, nh bearins sturdy. IHis leatur
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STRATEGY ]33 SIIPULATIONS, inslrlct
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striving to win: To gain a lourname
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clined; 634 in the rxEN.s DEENCE. T
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yearFl0o 000 no!e, conrains 22 game
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TAIMANOV 341 gxn3, and \:!tne has t
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Sbo ly alter losi.g the title Tal n
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% 7Z&, H@ &s*t"& %&m .r1r . . . d5
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A pos un trcm lh€ Scme BoNrntrrk
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A position from the gane Gligona El
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correc{y played game siould cnd in
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TIME 353 deleated G. wALrcR and oth
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.I'IMING OF MOVES 355 given penod o
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sound enough for the higheslhonou6.
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the results ohtained by applying EI
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showed the winning procedurer I Ka3
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TtJR( 361 Thc Toik, displayed so as
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TWO.PAWNS ATTACK 365 voyag€s, Hor
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UNCAPTURE, to rctract (takc back) a
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VACAITON. se LNE !a.^noN vADAsz, LA
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2l h4f6 22h5Bif 23Os4Kh3 24Nh4 Nbl
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Conpositio6 rhen i1 was i.trodrced
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AL\iscE. walkcr esrablished rhe cus
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uy a car Bhen he landed and scll it
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woLF l7q srrArr. but of drbious ner
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worzburger. Black\ bhhop on c2 iS t
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YUSUPOV 383 shared find dace alter
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in the second world war and in 1949
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Samnch NiDovitch Copcnlra8en 1921 Q
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APPENDIX I OPENINGS O pEN r N G lin
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lhdet 01 None.l t)FninBs ddJ vanatt
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thd.\ ol Naned Openiryt and variati
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l,tlc\ ot l\ou?tl Opchnps ahd vattu
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lhdex oJ Narud Opekiass and vatidti
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lnder oJ Namdl Opehings ahd ratidti
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Iadex of Naded Operings atd yatiuti
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lndo of NaheJ OphtnBs and va, idt o
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APPENDIX II GLOSSARY OF CHESS TERMI
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Glossart of ChN TeminoloLy npoEE rc
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