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The Sicilian Defence is an opening very rich in independent variations to the extent that it is always mentioned along with the mainline variation that follows. Black's purpose of playing 1...c5 is to undermine white's center by taking cont...
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The Scheveningen Variation of the Sicilian Defence arises after the moves 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e6.
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The Najdorf Variation belongs to the Sicilian Defence family of openings and is the sharpest and most analysed opening of chess. Many famous World Champions have extensively used this opening, including Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov.
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The Kan Variation of the Sicilian Defence arises after the moves 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 a6. Black creates a bed of thorns with his pawns to prevent the invasion of white's knights.
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The Sicilian Defense: What Happens after the immediate 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5?!
This is a quite dubious move, trying to steal tempo from white. However, white can "takeback" the tempo by 6. Bb5+! Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 whe...
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Karl Podzielny played 575 games simultaneously in 1978. In 30 1/2 hours he won 533 , drew 27, and lost 15. Vlastimil Hort played 550 opponents, 201 simultaneously, and lost only 10 games in 1977. The best record for simulta...
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Amon Simutowe, born in 1982, is a chess player from Zambia who made his 3rd Grandmaster norm at Arnheim, Netherlands in August, 2007. He is the first sub-Saharan African to become a Grandmaster. His current Elo rating is 2421.&nbs...
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A skewer is like a pin, but instead the more powerful piece is in front of a less powerful piece. It is usually a king in front of a queen, but it can be any piece. This is a common setup:
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Arthur Bolland Skipworth was born in 1830 and became a reverend. He was secretary of the British Counties’ Chess Assocation and editor of the Chess Players’ Chronicle. In September 1865, he won the first British Counties&rs...
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