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2020 Tata Steel: Alireza Firouzja vs. Anish Giri | Games of the Week - IM Dorsa Derakhshani

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CCSCSL Staff
on January 17, 2020 in

International Master Dorsa Derakhshani looks at Alireza Firouzja's victory over Anish Giri at the Tata Steel Masters. The 16 year old Iranian-born Firouzja now plays under the neutral flag of FIDE. Dorsa gives her thoughts on this happening as well.

2020.01.16
Alireza Firouzja vs Anish Giri, Tata Steel Masters (2020): D31 Queen's Gambit Declined, Charousek (Petrosian) variation
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1990380

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The 4.f3 Nimzo-Indian Defence | Road to 2000 - NM Caleb Denby | lichess.org

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CCSCSL Staff
on January 16, 2020 in

National Master Caleb Denby equips you with the 4.f3 variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence. Caleb shows three of his games where he demonstrates how to play this uncommon response to the Nimzo.

2020.01.15
Follow along: https://lichess.org/study/f3keNWGl
Caleb Denby vs. Luke Ye, 2019: E20 Nimzo-Indian, Kmoch variation
Denby vs. Jason Zhou, 2019: E20 Nimzo-Indian, Kmoch variation
Denby vs. NN: E20 Nimzo-Indian, Kmoch variation

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