CLEARANCE - The Closed Spanish - Karpov/Zaitsev Systems Standard Traditional Chess Boards With so little theory and

With so little theory and such dynamic positions

Author: Louis Watson

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Prusikin – Positional Pawn Sacrifice

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CLEARANCE - The Closed Spanish - Karpov/Zaitsev Systems Standard Traditional Chess Boards With so little theory andOver his five matches for the World Championship against Gary Kasparov, the Closed Spanish was Kasparov's most common defence to the King's Pawn. Time and time again these two great rivals returned to the same dramatic arena armed with new weapons from their laboratories, greatly enriching the theory of these highly fashionable systems and creating a remarkable series of chess masterpieces. The Zaitsev system, devised by Karpov's long time second and