King's Indian Quiz
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Thipsay, P - Beaumont, C, GbChamp 1998.
          
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Black finds himself terribly constricted by White's far-advanced pawn. How did Praveen Thipsay finish Chris Beaumont off?
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Bronstein - Lutikov, USSR CH 1959.
 
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The opening moves were 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 f3 0-0 6 Be3 b6 7 Bd3! c5? Until this game Black's opening line was considered respectable. How did Bronstein refute 7...c5?
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THEORETICAL TRAP
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A position from the Main Line of the Gligoric System. White's last move was the plausible 13 Bxc4??, yet this leads to a catastrophe. Why?
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Ilincic - Makarov, Arandelovac 1993.
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White's position isn't very inspiring. In particular, his King is very draughty. How did Black take advantage of this?
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Brinck Claussen - Littlewood, JE, Varna Ol 1962.
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It won't be long before White is crawling all over Black's kingside......or will it? What can Black do about these pesky White knights?
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Letelier - Bolbochan, Mar Del Plata 1959.
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The position is balanced, with White having just played b2-b4. Bolbochan now produced the howler 1...axb4??? What happened next?
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Bareev - Kasparov, Tilburg 1991.
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We are deep in a King's Indian endgame with Garry Kasparov at our side. White's active Rook and passed pawn could still cause problems. What is Black's most accurate way to continue?
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Kramer - Najdorf, New York 1949.
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An unusual position where, for once, Black has more presence in the centre. On top of this White's Queen is offside and the White King looks rather lonely. How did Black weave all these features together to his advantage?
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Garcia Palermo - Reeh, Bundesliga 1989.
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Black's position is cramped. His queen on b8 and the knight on c7 depend exclusively on the advance ..b6-b5 to drag themselves back into the game. White to move should act NOW before Black gets going. What did he do?
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Miles - Anand, Rome 1990.
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This game commenced 1 d4 d6 2 e4 g6 3 c4 Bg7 4 Nc3 Nf6 5 Nf3 0-0 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0 Na6 8 Be3 Qe8 9 h3 exd4 10 Bxd4 reaching the diagram position. Nothing special so far. Here Anand played 10...Nxe4, Is this good or bad, and why?
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