This month we present a lightly edited excerpt from Chess Evolution Newsletter #150. CEWN is released every Friday of the week, the newsletter contains twenty-plus pages of great chess material written by top grandmasters Arkadij Naiditsch and Csaba Balogh. Clash of the Titans: Fischer-Weinstein by Kamil Miton Fischer,Robert James - Weinstein,Raymond Allen USA-ch New York (1), 18.12.1960 French Defense [C19] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.a4!? In general this move is very useful but in this concrete position White usually plays other moves: 7.Qg4 0-0 (7...Qc7 leads to very complex play after 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Qd3 … [Read more...]