RE: Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch – A Tactical Gem That Still Shines, St. Petersburg 1914
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Nice to read something new about chess, first GMs titles are from 1914
That bishop moves were surprise moves with excellent win against strong player
These days with engines and more eyes on chess good moves and good wins dont get overlooked.
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For me, at the time it was also a new learning experience about the history of chess, reading that in the St. Petersburg tournament in 1914 Tsar Nicholas II awarded the first five Grandmaster titles in an honorary way, and that FIDE made them official in 1950, keeping the original five and adding 21 more. It was an impressive era when the great chess players of the time did not have computer engines for analysis, yet they still played at the highest level and left us with masterful games such as this gem by Tarrasch against Nimzowitsch.