Tag: general knowledge

Which part of the world links the following players : Miguel Najdorf, Mark Taimanov, Veniamin Sozin, Kurt Richter, Vsevolod Rauzer, Semyon Alapin, Evgeny Sveshnikov and Vitaly Chekhover ?

One of the most famous games in the King's Indian Defense is a brilliancy by the late Ukrainian-American grandmaster Eduard Gufeld with the Black pieces against Vladimir Bagirov in the USSR championship of 1973. Gufeld called it his "Mona Lisa". Which variation of the King's Indian Defense does the game feature ?

A sparkling game between Boris Spassky and David Bronstein played in the USSR Championship of 1960 was used in the opening scene of the James Bond film "From Russia With Love". Which gambit opening did Spassky use to defeat Bronstein, which was actually a favorite of Bronstein himself ?