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An example is a game Vallejo Pons–Kasparov, Moscow 2004, [19] which was called "a model modern grandmaster draw!" by Kasparov himself in Revolution in the 70s (page 164). 8.Nb3 White opts for a quiet game, but Black has nothing to worry about: 8...Be7 9.Qf3 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 Qc7 where we have reached a set-up very similar to that of the old main ...
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
A wine rating is a score assigned by one or more wine critics to a wine tasted as a summary of that critic's evaluation of that wine. A wine rating is therefore a subjective quality score, typically of a numerical nature, given to a specific bottle of wine. In most cases, wine ratings are set by a single wine critic, but in some cases a rating ...
This is a list of the 329 Italian DOC (denominazione di origine controllata) wines ordered by region. [1] The wine making regions of Italy are equivalent to its twenty administrative regions. Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, however, is subdivided into its two constituent parts.
Grape Color Region Abbuoto: Red: Lazio Abrusco: Red: Tuscany Acitana: Red: Sicily Addoraca: White: Calabria Aglianico: Red: Basilicata and Campania Aglianicone: Red
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In chess, the Sicilian Defence, Alapin Variation is a response to the Sicilian Defence characterised by the moves: 1. e4 c5 2. c3. It is named after the Russian master Semyon Alapin (1856–1923). For many years, it was not held in high regard, since 2...d5 was thought to allow Black easy equality. [1] [2]
The best known of these, called the Poisoned Pawn Variation, is a line of the Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation that begins with the moves: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6. after which 8.Qd2 Qxb2 usually follows, accepting the "poisoned" b2-pawn. White can also play 8.Nb3, protecting the pawn.