Re: Beyond Material - Ignore the Face Value of Your Pieces
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:11 pm
Speaking of Geller, the French Defence was Spassky's main defence against Geller in their 1968 Candidates match.Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:04 pmKarpov not that much, though - isn't his best known game with it that drubbing by Geller? 1....e5, c6, and c5 were all much more often used.Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 12:45 amYou certainly wouldn't associate Fischer with playing the French, nor Kasparov really. Botvinnik, Petrosian and Karpov certainly played it. There's a handful of Tal games, including against Fischer.JustinHorton wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 12:24 amThe point is that it is very different to the "all world champions" he originally claimed to have read