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Frederick D Yates vs Aron Nimzowitsch
Semmering (1926)  ·  French Defense: Winawer. Delayed Exchange Variation (C01)  ·  0-1
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-01-07
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  notyetagm: Nimzowitsch provoked White to weaken his e3-square with 7 ... Bc8-g4!? 8 f2-f3?! and then focuses his play around this square.

The following two diagrams show the real benefits that Nimzowitsch has reaped with his outstanding positional play.

Position after 22 ... Re8-e3:


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Position after 29 ... Qd5-e4:


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