Holger Norman-Hansen vs Savielly Tartakower (1923)

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Holger Norman-Hansen vs Savielly Tartakower
Copenhagen (1923), Copenhagen DEN, Jan-05
Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation (B15) · 1-0

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Jan-02-18		scutigera: I guess this was version 1.0 of the Tartakower Variation.

Sep-06-21		fredthebear: Caro-Kann, Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation B15 Sub-variants: Caro-Kann defence 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Caro-Kann, Gurgenidze counter-attack 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 b5 Caro-Kann, Gurgenidze system 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 Caro-Kann, Rasa-Studier gambit 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. f3 Caro-Kann defence 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Caro-Kann, Alekhine gambit 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Caro-Kann, Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 Caro-Kann, Forgacs variation 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 * Some Tartakower quotes, and kept the rest: "Blunders rarely travel alone" - Karpov "It takes a strong player to realize how truly weak he is." - Tartakower "It was worse than a mistake - it was a blunder." - DePeaza "The Blunders are all there - waiting to be made." - Tartakower "Mate ends the Game." - Fletcher "Dubious - Therefore Playable" - Tartakower "Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders." -Tartakower "Rook endings are the most democratic endings of all, every player gets a chance to badly misplace his Rook." Anonymous "It makes no difference whether you win or lose, until you lose." Anonymous "Chess has three phases: The first when one hopes one has an advantage; The second when one believes one has an advantage; And the third when one knows one is going to lose." - Savielly Tartakower Understatement of the year? "I'm not a weak player" then 21 year-old GM Peter Svidler then three time Champion of Russia "Push the pawns, open the files, double the rooks, give the mate" Fletcher & Krewson 1979 "Problems - once solved - rarely stay that way." - Russell Ackoff (Not sure if Dr. Ackoff is a chessplayer, but hey I just liked that quote Euphemism for "I got crushed!" "I was unable to solve the problems of the position in the time allotted."

Sep-06-21		fredthebear: Also note there is a Tartakower Variation for White in the B12 lines: Caro-Kann, B12 Sub-variants: Caro-Kann defence 1. e4 c6 2. d4 de Bruycker defence 1. e4 c6 2. d4 Na6 3. Nc3 Nc7 Caro-Masi defence 1. e4 c6 2. d4 Nf6 Caro-Kann defence 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 Caro-Kann, Tartakower (fantasy) variation 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Caro-Kann, 3.Nd2 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Caro-Kann, Edinburgh variation 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Qb6 Caro-Kann, advance variation 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Caro-Kann, advance, Short variation 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be2

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