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In chess, the Scheveningen Variation [1] of the Sicilian Defence is an opening that is a line of the Open Sicilian characterised by Black setting up a "small centre" with pawns on d6 and e6. There are numerous move orders that reach the Scheveningen; a common one is: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6
The Sharpest Sicilian 2012. Chess Stars. ISBN 978-9548782906. Goh Wei Ming, Kevin (2014). The Sicilian Najdorf 6 Bg5. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-17-8194-021-1. Khalifman, Alexander (2010). Opening for White According to Anand 1.e4 13. Chess Stars. ISBN 978-9548782784. Khalifman, Alexander (2012). Opening for White According to Anand 1.e4 14 ...
The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: . 1. e4 c5. The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4. The opening 1.d4 is a statistically more successful opening for White because of the high success rate of the Sicilian defence against 1.e4.
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
A more recent book is Starting Out: Sicilian Scheveningen, published in 2006; he wrote the first edition of this book in 1977. A forthcoming title from Pritchett in January 2008 is Play the English: A Complete Chess Opening Repertoire for White. Pritchett is the chess columnist for the Glasgow Herald.
In game 19, he wins against the defending Champion's Sicilian Defence in just 24 moves. [1] The World Junior Championship is held in Stockholm and the chess world witnesses the emergence of a future star in young Anatoly Karpov. He takes the title by three clear points with 10/11, and enjoys a run of eight straight wins.
Luckis twice won the Kaunas [5] City Chess Championship in 1927 and 1928. ... Sicilian, Scheveningen, B84, 1-0; Marcos Luckis vs Donald Byrne, La Plata–New York ...
Chess Highlights of the 20th Century. Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-901983-21-8. CHESS magazine - December 1973, pp. 82–83 - "The Best in 1973" The Chess Player (Nottingham), Vol 5, 1973b (crosstables) Chess History & Chronology - Bill Wall( Archived 2008-09-24 at the Wayback Machine 2009-10-20) Olimpbase - Olympiads and other Team event ...