Mar-20-15 Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 
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vrusimov: No opening can survive bad analysis, bad piece placement and bad tactical awareness. 1. b3 in the hands of an experienced and tactically astute player can put a player in a spot of bother...Baadur Jobava, a 2700 level player comes to mind. Questionable opening? Even Fischer ... |
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Sep-04-14 Jobava vs Kamsky, 2012
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vrusimov: At move 16, the pawn structure morphs into a type of Rauzer formation (usually with pawns on e4-c3) with d4-f3 pawns and the Queen should probably be on f2. I have played this formation a few times on the black side and every time the queen is on e7 instead of c7 it is often ... |
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Aug-17-14 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (A01) 
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vrusimov: Actually, e5 is the critical test of 1. b3. As a 1.Nf3/g3/b3 player, d5 is the move I most like to see because the transpositional possibilities are endless if you have a good grasp of the Rauzer Formation, Maroczy Bind, KIA, Catalan/Bg2/c4 lines and Bird transpositions via f4. The |
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