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Annotations by GM Mikhail Tseitlin
From Inside Chess, 1995/16 Tseitlin,Mikhail (2440) - Dvoirys,Semen (2550) 10th Cappelle la Grande, 1994 Sicilian Rossolimo [B51] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 3...Bd7 is more often played. 4.0-0 Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Ba4 My view is that neither 7.Bf1 nor 7.Bxc6 gives White any advantage. 7...b5 The most common reply, though 7...c4 has given Black better results for the most part. 8.Bc2 e5 9.a4! b4?! I think that 9..Be7 is stronger. The opening moves were made rather quickly. In our previous game, I played 10.d4 here. 10.h3 Perhaps this move, so typical in the Spanish, is a novelty here. [It is very difficult to say for sure these days what is a novelty and … [Read more...]