Chess Openings, Sicilian (B23), closed, Korchnoi variation

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CHESS OPENINGS

Annotated chess games with this chess opening:

chess opening #11878

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Team play: Effect of competitive situation on style of play
White player (2142) vs. marinvukusic (2136)

Annotated by marinvukusic (2161): This annotation is meant to show the effect of competitive situation on my approach to the games in team play. *** Competitive situation was as follows: in (penultimate) round 8 of the 2nd league Centar championship we were hosts to the only remaining rival for the 1st place (the only position that leads to the upper rank of competition). We held the top of the table with the same number of…

chess opening #50339

(17)

Ed. Superior Primavera 2013
Navarro vs. Apablaza

Annotated by cyrano (2563): This game has many interesting positions and the analysis is quite complicated, so it's possible to spot some inaccuracies. Sorry for my bad English! Spassky main variation in the '60 Played by Korchnoi vs Spassky in the Candidates Final 1968 The so called "closed" variation. 3... d5 is another main line. It's a matter of taste... 5. Nge2 is more elastic because white can play d4 6... d5 …

chess opening #30450

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Let's play chess
xiangzhi (1774) vs. dsb13 (1923)

Annotated by dsb13 (2378): Unlike many of my games, this one does not include the fireworks of a direct attack on the king, but rather a highly unusual balance of material and then a series of puzzle like problems, none leading to a mate, but each leading to the final victory. Time and again, White finds himself in a mini-zugzwang, where he simply cannot move his pieces, and is left to mark time, and I hope that people…