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Tag Archives: dragon
Remembering a genius.
Vugar Gashimov was one of the greatest talents that chess has seen in the last 20 years. A player with an unique vision of chess who made every game entertaining in his own way. Gashimov often chose sharp openings, full of play, no matter what the theoretical reputation of that line was. He was never afraid to take risks and he became the secret idol of many chess fans who enjoyed following his games all the time (The writer of these lines is one of them).
Vugar Gashimov. (photo credit: 123RF Stock Photography)
More than once Gashimov was compared to Mihail Tal – the Tal of our times, they used to say. Not only their playing style was similar, but also their opening choices, with the Benoni and 6.Bg5 against the Najdorf as main points of comparison.
I met Gashimov in 2004, over the board. It was the Calvia Olympiad and I was representing Chile at that time.… Read more
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