[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Tonight's ChessBase Show: Two from Spassky

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Tonight's ChessBase Show: Two from Spassky
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   Former world champion Boris Spassky celebrated his 70th birthday on
   Tuesday, and we'll take this occasion to celebrate his chess. Although
   he had a reputation as a "universal" player, I think it's fair to say
   that his most natural skill was in attack.
   Accordingly, we'll take a look at two such outstanding efforts from
   late in his career. First, we'll examine a 1977 match win against
   Dutch great Jan Timman. Timman played the Gruenfeld, and the
   traditional race occurred between White's attacking prospects based on
   central control and Black's efforts to explode that center. On this
   occasion, of course, it was Black's position that did the exploding.
   Likewise, our second game featured Yasser Seirawan punting another
   counter-attacking opening, the Pirc, in their game from Zurich 1984.
   Once again, the guerilla warfare approach failed, and Spassky won with
   a fine kingside attack that gives the impression of having been
   primarily intuitive.
   So if you want a few tips on attacking, want to improve your knowledge
   of one of the gameâs greatest players, or simply want to see a pair of
   exciting, entertaining games, I hope youâll join me tonight, Thursday
   night, at 9 pm ET. See you then! (Directions for watching the show can
   be found [1]here.)

References

   1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1114234449.shtml