Ziryab

James
Spokane, Washington, United States

Member Since: Nov 1, 2007
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Homepage: chessskill.blogspot.com/

USCF Rating: 1819

About Me:

Ziryab introduced chess to Europe in the ninth century. I'm a universal player with a strong sense of history. I particularly appreciate lessons from the games of Lasker, Kramnik, Karpov, Gligoric, Morphy, Greco, Benko, and Seirawan.

I'm a scholastic tournament organizer that put together the largest state event in 2009.

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Opening Transpositions

Submitted by Ziryab on Oct 10, 2009 9:34am.

Start with the French (ECO C), switch to the Benoni (ECO A), then play the Sicilian (ECO B). That's the first three moves of a game designed to throw the opponent off balance. See Transpositions on my Chess Skills blog....Read more »

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