Odessky: Winning Quickly with 1.b3 and 1...b6 Vereinsbedarf No wonder World Champions Boris

No wonder World Champions Boris Spassky and Garry Kasparov played this variation

queen and bishop

(c) The Index of Openings now has ECO codes

He made extreme demands of everyone around him

generous and selfish

Odessky: Winning Quickly with 1.b3 and 1...b6 Vereinsbedarf No wonder World Champions BorisOdesskys Sparkling Lines and Deadly Traps I left chess in 2012. I did not touch it for several years. Then I decided to test my strength in Internet blitz. I started from scratch. The board floated before my eyes, and my knee twitched. Less than two months later, I crossed the grandmaster rating mark. My opponents, among them lots of players with a big name, played chess better than me. Surprisingly though, I knew more. On a small island of chess