Vigorito: Understanding the Marshall Attack Holz Averbakh won the USSR championship

Averbakh won the USSR championship in 1954 ahead of aces like Kortchnoi

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The King's Fianchetto

This book offers a captivating collection of games and it also describes the adventurous life of the 'Wizard from Zaanstad'

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Vigorito: Understanding the Marshall Attack Holz Averbakh won the USSR championshipThe Marshall Attack is a chess opening like no other. Rather than subjecting himself to the Spanish torture so typical in the Ruy Lopez, Black simply gives away a centre pawn. But in return, he gets long term attacking chances and activity that can persist well into the endgame. It has been almost a century since Frank Marshall invented his sensational gambit, but it is still controversial, and more popular than ever amongst the best players in the