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| lentil: in the first chess book i ever owned (and i still have it): "the soviet school of chess", the opening we now call the pirc was called "the ufimtsev defence". (of course the book contained a huge heap of propaganda...) p.s. i prefer "ufimtsev" to "modern" -- you had no right to assign any name, keene and botteril you chancers....! |
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| Gypsy: Generally, Soviets called <1.e4 d6> Ufimtsev Opening, eastern block Pirc-Ufimtsev, and West called it Pirc or Pirc-Robach. Here is an excerpt from the Kotov-Judovich book: <Champion of Kazachstan Anatoli Uimtsev (born 1914) seldom participates in tournaments. Still, each of his performance genuinely delights chess enthusiasts, who apreciate the charming, interesting games of Ufimtsev and the wide bearth of his ideas.Ufimtsev, originally structuring his opening, justified a new system of development 1.e4 d6 both, in theory and practice, and is especially interesting as a chess tactician, as a typical and inventive combinative chessplayer. But, in Ufimtsev's play is not that enviable steadiness, which many other master has, steadiness guaranteing good results in tournament tables. Master-artist Ufimtsev still has not shown such sporting results for which he could aspire by his chess tallent. .....> |
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