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Saturday, October 6, 2012

PAWN PLAY

Gelfand vs Shirov

This is a game in which we should not let beginners to see it because it might create false impression that moving lots of pawns in chess is a good thing....it is not.

Well, exception if your name is Shirov and your are from Latvia.

First watch this game when i was a student at Sintok in mid 90's...at a time when you have to pay RM10 to enter a weekend tournament that offer a first prize of RM300 ...now ofcourse the situation has improved...have to pay RM30 for a weekend tournament with a first prize of RM300!

W:Gelfand
B:Shirov
Linares 1993

3 comments:

  1. Hmmm,,, games like this this must be your motivation to play the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, Ilham? :)

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  2. Yes, partly...but real reason for me to play Blackmar is hoping to win from move 2!...Looking back, how naive!

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  3. What A Beautiful Game... My Favourite Topic Of All Time... The Power Of 2 Bishop!!!... Its Ok To Have Bad Pawn Structure When You Have 2 Active Bishop... But Sir... You Are Knights Lover Aint You?...

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