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Anatoly Karpov
Birth date: May 23, 1951
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Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it 15 years ago
If Chess Were Love: An AnalogyInstead of telling you just what it is that Karpov and Podgaets are saying about the Panov attack, which I fear is of limited interest, let me try and explain it in emotional terms. I used to play chess competitively at international level, and opening theory was very i...
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Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it 15 years ago
I had still not lost a game playing for my new club (two wins, two draws), and my captain asked if I would like to play first board in the next match. I was warned I'd have to play Black against an International Master. After consulting with my second, I decided to go for it, and for the first time ...
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Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it 31 years ago
If you're not a chess player, you won't appreciate quite how strange the title of this book is. The Petroff is Black's most conservative defense to 1. e4. It is extremely hard to crack, but gives negligible winning chances, and spectators often groan inwardly when they see it played in top-level mat...
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