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Chapter 10: The Marócy Bind

John Watson seeks to give chess players a more holistic and in-depth view of openings

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He was among the world's leading grandmasters for nearly twenty years and won four gold medals at chess Olympiads

in order to get into his practical game well and successfully play interesting and entertaining chess

Botwinnik: Botvinnik versus Smyslov and Petrosian (hardcover) SN_required false Chapter 10: The Marócy BindFour World Chess Championship Matches: 1954, 1957, 1958 and 1963 The writings of Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik (1911 1995) are legendary. And Botvinniks legacy is deeply imprinted in the DNA of every grandmaster today, says Andy Soltis in his foreword tot this book. The Patriarch took professionalism in chess to a new level and was the first to emphasize preparation: what a player does before a game plays an enormous, if not decisive, role in what