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Learn from the best! The Cambridge-Springs in the QGD by Mikhail Botvinik

As a teenager Mikhail Botvinik loved to play the Cambridge-Springs and his results were n't bad at all. Here is a fine strategic game by him where masterfully exploited White's inaccuracies. Zaslavsky, A. - Botvinnik, Mikhail  Leningrad-5ch sf Leningrad, 1926 Queen's Gambit declined, D52 (Interactive board at the end of the post) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 This was Botvink’s favourite system back in those years. Black is going to put pressure on the dark squares on the queenside with …Bb4 and …Ne4. Moreover the queen from a5 supports a possible …b7-b6 followed by …Ba6 exchanging the traditionally "bad" Black bishop for White’s "good" bishop. 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nb3?! As a general rule one should never move the same piece twice in the opening neglecting development , yet White moved this knight for a third time (!) and we can safely assure that Black is going to equalise now for sure. 9...Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa4
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Sicilian Rossolimo exemplary game with 3...Qc7 - The four musketeers

  Another typical exemplary game with the 3...Qc7 system in the Sicilian Rossolimo. The four black musketeers outplayed White, who was left with no counter-play. Many thanks to deltakiss for sharing. Feel free to send me your games with opening variations suggested in my books and I will happily annotate them and publish them on my blog. Cheers! Click image to see the book
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KID - The Taimanov Attack on action again

  Happy to receive games with the openings analysed in my books. This time was Netrichess. Thank you my friend.  Annotations by Dimitris Farmakis
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Caro Kann for White - Van Der Wiel Attack, 4...e6 5.g4

  Catch your Caro Kann opponents on preparation with the aggressive Van Der Wiel Attack. White grabs space on the kingside early on aiming to use this space for a crushing attack. More
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Exemplary game with 3...Qc7 in Rossolimo Sicilian

 Although the following game is a blitz 3 0 game it demonstrates quite well the sneaky idea of the 3...Qc7 response to White's Rossolimo Sicilian. To learn more about the 3...Qc7 in Rossolimo Sicilian just click on the book's cover image. The book is available on all Amazon online stores. Thank you my friend Bosonio for sharing it! Feel free to send me any game you play with the variations I propose in my books and I ll be happy to analyse it and publish it on my blog. Cheers!
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