Party like it’s the early 1990s | Mastering the Middlegame – GM Ben Finegold

December 29, 2016 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Saint Louis Chess ClubThu, December 29, 2016 6:00pmURL:
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Grandmaster Ben Finegold takes us back to his competitive days in the early 90s for several of his favorite middlegames he had as white.

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Ben Finegold vs. Alfonso Romero Holmes, 1991: E90 King’s Indian, 5.Nf3
https://www.redhotpawn.com/chess/grandmaster-games/viewmastergame.php?pgnid=53717&subject=Benjamin-Finegold-vs-Alfonso-Romero-Holmes
Finegold vs. Ib Anderson, 1992: D32 Queen’s Gambit Declined, Tarrasch defence
http://www.365chess.com/game.php?back=1&gid=1962778
Finegold vs. Fred Lindsay, 1994: E33 Nimzo-Indian, classical, Milner-Barry (Zurich) variation
https://www.redhotpawn.com/chess/grandmaster-games/viewmastergame.php?pgnid=53833&subject=Benjamin_Finegold_vs_Fred_Lindsay

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