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		<title>GM Gregory Serper &#8211; Openings for Tactical Players</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[GrandMaster Gregory Serper has amazing articles on openings for tactical players. (A link to his home page and all his content is provided at the bottom of this post. Some of the openings he has written about include:
Openings for Tactical Players: Center Game.
Openings for Tactical Players: the Danish Gambit.
Openings for Tactical Players: The Vienna Game.
Openings for Tactical [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!- Advanced AdSense by Jim Gaudet -><!- google_ad_section_start -><p>GrandMaster Gregory Serper has amazing articles on openings for tactical players. (A link to his home page and all his content is provided at the bottom of this post. Some of the openings he has written about include:</p>
<p><a title="Center Game" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/openings-for-tactical-players-center-game" target="_blank">Openings for Tactical Players: Center Game.</a></p>
<p><a title="Danish Gambit" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/openings-for-tactical-players-the-danish-gambit" target="_blank">Openings for Tactical Players: the Danish Gambit.</a></p>
<p><a title="Vienna Game" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/openings-for-tactical-players-vienna-game" target="_blank">Openings for Tactical Players: The Vienna Game.</a></p>
<p><a title="Bishop's Opening" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/openings-for-tactical-players-the-bishops-opening" target="_blank">Openings for Tactical Players: the Bishop&#8217;s Opening.</a></p>
<p><a title="Two Knights Defense" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/openings-for-tactical-players-the-two-knights-defense" target="_blank">Openings for Tactical Players: the Two Knights Defense.</a></p>
<p><a title="Two Knights Defense - Black is okay" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/openings-for-tactical-players-the-two-knights-defense-black-is-ok" target="_blank">Openings for Tactical Players: the Two Knights Defense. (Black is OK!)</a></p>
<p>His home page: <a title="GM Gregory Serper's home page at chess.com" href="http://www.chess.com/members/view/Gserper" target="_blank">http://www.chess.com/members/view/Gserper</a></p>
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		<title>Annotated Fischer 002: Fischer &#8211; Bolbochan</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the following game, Fischer plays White against the Sicilian Najdorf. This game was annotated by Fischer.
Four things stood out for me in this game:
1. Fischer knew the game was won by move 20, because he had a &#8220;Knight Outpost&#8221; on d5. It took another 17 moves to execute his win. As some people say, [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!- Advanced AdSense by Jim Gaudet -><!- google_ad_section_start -><p>In the following game, Fischer plays White against the Sicilian Najdorf. This game was annotated by Fischer.<br />
Four things stood out for me in this game:</p>
<p>1. Fischer knew the game was won by move 20, because he had a &#8220;Knight Outpost&#8221; on d5. It took another 17 moves to execute his win. As some people say, &#8220;winning from here is just a matter of technique&#8221;. Recognizing that you have a winning position, is a mark of a good player. Finding and executing a plan to turn the winning position into a win is a what separates the boys from the men.</p>
<p>2. Even Fischer has to make prophylactic (preventive or cautionary) moves&#8230; he has a comment when he makes the first such move on move 15. He says, &#8220;One never knows when lightning will strike!&#8221; A second such move is made on move 31. when he plays 31. a3. I was wondering whether that was prophylactic or a waiting move since Black appears to be in &#8220;zugzwang&#8221;.</p>
<p>3. I thought the position after Black played 30. ..Qh8 was interesting. The most powerful piece on the board is chased around until it finds solace in the corner! Lesson: watch where you place your pieces. If you play passively, you end up playing forced moves.</p>
<div id="attachment_339" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 586px"><img class="size-full wp-image-339 " title="Fischer - Bolbochan 1962 Stockholm Interzonal After 30...Qh8" src="http://chessthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Fischer-Bolbochan-1962-Stockholm-Interzonal-After-30...Qh8.jpg" alt="Black Queen is a sorry sight! Fischer - Bolbochan 1962 Stockholm Interzonal After 30...Qh8" width="576" height="432" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Black Queen is a sorry sight! Fischer - Bolbochan 1962 Stockholm Interzonal After 30...Qh8</p></div>
<p>4. Fischer did not fear exchanging pieces as he tried to convert the advantage into a win. A nice book on such a topic is &#8220;Exchanging to win in the end game&#8221; -</p>
<p>I hope you enjoy the game. You ideas and comments are welcome.</p>
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