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Torkil

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E. T. (CoT)
Germany

Member Since: Jan 25, 2008
Last Login: Jul 8, 2008
Profile Views: 1498
Points: 238
Status:   Leaving the game - therefore no challenges, sorry! (14 days ago)

Occupation: Musician

FIDE Rating: 2070

My Chess Style / Favorite Openings:
For me, chess is a combination of art, science and sport. Despite my limited ability in this beautiful game, I always strive to find the hidden truth in a given position. Hence I like to analyse my and others' games. I prefer a sound positional style and I refuse to play so-called creative openings or dubious gambits. That said, I am still willing to sacrifice material for the initiative or positional compensation.

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English Teaching Tournament

Submitted by Torkil on Apr 12, 2008 5:36am.

The English Opening 1.c4 is the youngest of the established openings - it was taken seriously only after Mikhail Botvinnik used it with great success in the 1950ies, although it has already featured in the repertoire of world class positional player ...Read more »

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