Harding: Steinitz in London - A Chess Biography with 623 Games Vereinsbedarf Carlsen frequently employs offbeat openings

Carlsen frequently employs offbeat openings and his opponents invariably fail to counter them correctly

the Two Knights Ulvestad Variation (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 b5) and ultra-sharp lines of the Jaenisch Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 f5)

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Harding: Steinitz in London - A Chess Biography with 623 Games Vereinsbedarf Carlsen frequently employs offbeat openingsDrawing on new research, this biography of William Steinitz (18361900), the first World Chess Champion, covers his early life and career, with a fully sourced collection of his known games until he left London in 1882. A portrait of mid Victorian British chess is provided, including a history of the famous Simpson's Divan. Born to a poor Jewish family in Prague, Steinitz studied in Vienna, where his career really began, before moving to London in