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The Old Tricks #2: Gelfand vs Kramnik, Some Largely Unnoticed Tactics

The Old Tricks #2: Gelfand vs Kramnik, Some Largely Unnoticed Tactics

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This position occurred in a game between two top grandmasters at the 1996 Novgorod super tournament. A very strong move for White was missed, apparently, by not only both adversaries but by Gelfand & Khuzman in their Informator comments. And until now the omission continues to appear in the chess literature.





June 2017: very glad with the news that my new chess book, Understanding the Sicilian, is released! http://www.gambitbooks.com/books/Understanding_the_Sicilian.html

Understanding the Sicilian

 

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