What is the function of a chess second?

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goldendog
Crazychessplaya wrote:

It was Vladimirov, not Timoshenko. It was the third match, won by Kasparov.


Thanks Crazy, that sorta refreshes my memory. He left he team mid-match as I recall.

dilpu123

The role of seconds are Research, Research and Research.

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a. Magnus Carlsen seconds for World chess championship 2014

Conflagration_Planet

Very old thread.