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Chess

Bête noire

3 September 2015

1:00 PM

3 September 2015

1:00 PM

England’s top grandmaster, Michael Adams, exerts a powerful influence over the elite player David Navara. In rating terms Navara and Adams are about equal, but in practice Adams has a 4-0 record against his Czech opponent.
 
Navara-Adams: Biel 2015; Queen’s Gambit Declined
 
1 c4 e6 2 Nc3 d5 3 d4 Nf6 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Bg5 The well-known Exchange Variation of the Queen’s Gambit Declined.



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