Die Englische Verteidigung Singles Day grandmaster Gennadi Timoshchenko

grandmaster Gennadi Timoshchenko

Karsten Müller stellt in diesem Buch 60 seiner einflussreichsten Partien vor — darunter seine legendären Siege gegen sowjetische Großmeister in den 1970er-Jahren

One of the questions has always been: What was the most exciting chess game you ever saw

Blockade combinations

Die Englische Verteidigung Singles Day grandmaster Gennadi TimoshchenkoIn the 1970s, a group of strong English players (especially Miles, Speelman, Keene and later Short) developed a slightly unusual opening starting after the moves 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6. Just like in the Grnfeld or Alekhine Defense, Black gives up the center. But instead of provoking pawn advances by moving the knights early, he wants to bring his bishops into play first (most often on the b7 and b4 squares). This approach contradicts the orthodox