Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes
Date: 04:54:22 11/21/02
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The Marshall Attack is a widely popular, frequently employed opening line that
has never lost its pull: it leaves ample room for creativity on both sides, as
the pendulum of theory constantly keeps swinging to and fro. Faithful to
the trends set in modern tournament practice, top players strive for
complications in search of radical methods that might decide theoretical
discussions in their favor.
Following up the award for the novelty from his game versus Tkachiev (Moscow
(m/1) 2001 – 83/326), Viswanathan Anand has produced yet another masterpiece
of analytical work combining – almost ideally – diligent research with his
practical experience and enthusiasm. This second consecutive award has unraveled
a microcosm of fantastic tactical motifs based on a series of sacrifices that
eventually helped him maintain the balance against the new FIDE World Champion
Ruslan Ponomariov in the otherwise critical line for Black.
Hoping that the following survey will be a useful aid to your opening
preparation, the Chess Informant Editorial Board certainly looks forward to
receiving new contributions that would additionally prove (or perhaps
disprove) the viability of the variations analyzed.
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