The Sicilian Defense requires great precision from both sides. Watch how Kasparov's trainer and Sicilian specialist, GM Gennadi Timoschenko, vigorously punishes Pokojowczyk's errors in this thrilling game! Chapters: 0:00 The New Champion 0:43 The Dreaded Keres Attack 4:56 A Knight Sac 9:31 A Stunning Counterattack! ✔ Subscribe: … [Read more...] about Kasparov’s Trainer Smashes Keres Attack! – Best Of The 70’s – Pokojowczyk vs. Timoschenko, 1979
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Anatoly Karpov Explains The Sicilian Dragon – Best Of The 70s – Karpov vs. Korchnoi
World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov is not usually known for his attacking play, but don't miss how he dismantles Viktor Korchnoi in the 1974 Candidates Finals in this Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav Attack! Karpov himself explains! Chapters: 0:00 A Psuedo-World Championship 0:29 The Sicilian Dragon 4:22 Prophylaxis 10:04 Breakthrough On The Fifth Rank 14:26 The Final … [Read more...] about Anatoly Karpov Explains The Sicilian Dragon – Best Of The 70s – Karpov vs. Korchnoi
Karpov’s 1st Loss As World Chess Champion! – Best Of The 70’s – Karpov vs. Andersson, 1975
Anatoly Karpov's 1st defeat as the newly crowned World Chess Champion was a stunner! Don't miss his battle with Ulf Andersson in which the Swede improbably positionally outplays Karpov with the black pieces in a style and opening the presages Garry Kasparov's greatest game against Karpov a decade later! Chapters: 0:00 The New Champion 0:25 A Fateful Opening Variation 3:10 A … [Read more...] about Karpov’s 1st Loss As World Chess Champion! – Best Of The 70’s – Karpov vs. Andersson, 1975
An INSANE Chess Move! – Best of the 70s – Diemer vs. Trommsdorf, 1973
Emil Diemer was a deeply troubled chess player. He was the co-author of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, a committed madman, forbidden to play chess by his doctors, and disturbingly, the official chess reporter of the third Reich. For a good summary of his troubled life, see the link below. In this game, he plays according to his aggressive principle, but at the critical moment, it … [Read more...] about An INSANE Chess Move! – Best of the 70s – Diemer vs. Trommsdorf, 1973
The Greatest French Defense Ever Played! – Best Of The 70s – Reshevsky vs. Vaganian, 1976
The following game against Sammy Reshevsky is one of the great masterpieces in the French Defense, possibly the greatest chess game ever won by the black side. Reshevsky plays theoretically, but the theory of the time proves flawed as Vaganian finds a series of four utterly brilliant sacrifices to blow Reshevsky off the board Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:25 An Ambitious … [Read more...] about The Greatest French Defense Ever Played! – Best Of The 70s – Reshevsky vs. Vaganian, 1976
