Vigorito: Understanding the Marshall Attack Holz avoiding silly mistakes

avoiding silly mistakes

Averbakh won the USSR championship in 1954 ahead of aces like Kortchnoi

the Two Knights Ulvestad Variation (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 b5) and ultra-sharp lines of the Jaenisch Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 f5)

but also on his experiences as a quintessential insider when chess was considered a vital ingredient of life in the Soviet Union

Häufig beruhen diese Fehler auf einem mangelhaften Verständnis strategischer Zusammenhänge

Vigorito: Understanding the Marshall Attack Holz avoiding silly mistakesThe Marshall Attack is a chess opening like no other. Rather than subjecting himself to the Spanish torture so typical in the Ruy Lopez, Black simply gives away a centre pawn. But in return, he gets long term attacking chances and activity that can persist well into the endgame. It has been almost a century since Frank Marshall invented his sensational gambit, but it is still controversial, and more popular than ever amongst the best players in the