Ulf Andersson vs Slavoljub Marjanovic (1979)

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Ulf Andersson vs Slavoljub Marjanovic
Banja Luka (1979), Banja Luka YUG, rd 9, Apr-21
Tarrasch Defense: Classical. Carlsbad Variation (D34) · 1-0

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Dec-31-22		keypusher: No doubt Black spent much of the latter stages of this game questioning his life choices.

Dec-31-22		perfidious: <keypusher>, the internal monologue likely ran something on the lines of: <'Whatever possessed me to play this ****ing line against Andersson?'> My recollection of Nunn's first game collection (annotated by Griffiths) is that the latter discusses Nunn's fondness for the Tarrasch in the mid-late 1970s, noting that he believed the young master gave up the line, deeming it unsuitable to play for a win with Black--the comment in <Secrets of Grandmaster Play> ran something on the lines of <....White could play somewhat indifferently and still hold the draw....> Note: <Secrets> is a fine book, if now dated in terms of opening theory; grab a copy with both hands if you have never read it. Much practical advice; I learnt a few things from it as a young master, although my playing style was radically different from that of the English grandmaster.

Dec-31-22		Fusilli: <perfidious: <keypusher>, the internal monologue likely ran something on the lines of: <'Whatever possessed me to play this ****ing line against Andersson?'>> That would be my own thought when around move 15 I come to realize that I have an isolani against... Ulf Andersson! The most positionally beautiful aspect of this game is how Andersson refrains from playing a4 until he can corral the black knight to secure the trade of bishop for knight once the knight decides to come out of d8. An earlier a4 would have risked an unpleasant bad (or relatively bad) bishop endgame.

Dec-31-22		Fusilli: <perfidious> <my playing style was radically different from that of the English grandmaster.> You are the solid positional kind, right? An inch of space here, and inch of space there... Going over Andersson's games must be a feast for you. Well, in all honesty, for everyone. Every Ulf game is a high-level positional lesson. I also love Andersson vs K Hulak, 1983, very much the same kind of game as the one in this page.

Dec-31-22		perfidious: <Fusilli>, mostly solid positional, with a spot of aggro in my salad days; ironically, especially as Black, my style became more pugnacious late in my career (by the mid 1990s). One droll comment of Nunn comes to mind: he wrote of Andersson booking a win over him in a World Cup event once by, typically, going straight for his little toe.

Dec-31-22		Fusilli: <One droll comment of Nunn comes to mind: he wrote of Andersson booking a win over him in a World Cup event once by, typically, going straight for his little toe.> Ha!

Jan-01-23		perfidious: <Fusilli>, though there is much to be leant by a study of Andersson's games, that style of play was far from my favourite approach; as a young master, I appreciated Nimzowitsch's games, and highly recommend <ray keene>'s biography of le grand maitre if one can snag a copy. It remains a classic. I open the new year with an Andersson game which runs counter to all the foregoing discussion and which is a favourite: G Timmerman vs Andersson, 1994.

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