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A defence adopted by Boris Spassky in 1963 (game 12 and 16) developed by J.J. Thompson in the 1950’s. Black chooses the following pattern: g6, Bg7, d6, Nd7, b6, Ne7 and Bb7. Also a piece used in place of the Rook in some earlier form of chess in some countries

Carlsen is paying far less attention to opening theory than his rivals, he is happy to go down paths that may offer no advantage yet have the benefit of dragging opponents out of their “openings book”. Once beyond the reaches of computer-aided openings, Carlsen starts to turn the screw. Judith Polgar
FT, 2014
Do you realize, Fischer almost never has any bad pieces? He exchanges them, and the bad pieces remain with his opponents. Yury Balashov
I’ve been playing chess professionally for 35 years! It’s a long time, and when people can still say that they enjoy my chess, that’s great. Nigel Short
2016
When you see a good move, look for a better one Emanuel Lasker
After the 2nd game I could have returned to Moscow. There was only one way I could have won this match. Boris Spassky (1974)

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