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Yuri Averbakh vs Boris Spassky
USSR Championship (1956)  ·  English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. King's Knight Variation (A15)  ·  0-1
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Dec-01-07  Pictura: This is an extraordinary game! I recommend that before you play through it, try "Guess the Move" as I have done ...
May-25-11
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  Marmot PFL: Got most of the moves, but missed a few too :) For a while I thought Spassky was crazy, letting the f-file open when white had the long diagonal and N coming to e6.
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