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April 24, 2017 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this video I am covering the famous Adams vs. Torre game.
Adams – Torre, New Orleans 1920, is a famous chess game allegedly played between the American chess amateur Edwin Ziegler Adams (1885-1944) and the Mexican champion Carlos Torre Repetto (1905-1978) in 1920 in New Orleans.
Despite the controversial articles written about this encounter, the game serves as a classical example of a deflection and back rank weakness exploitation.
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Edwin Ziegler Adams vs Carlos Torre Repetto
New Orleans (probably analysis) (1920) Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation (C41)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Qd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bc6 Bc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd5 Bd5 10. ed5 O-O 11. Bg5 c6 12. c4 cd5 13. cd5 Re8 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Re2 Rc8 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Bf6 Bf6 18. Qg4 Qb5 19. Qc4 Qd7 20. Qc7 Qb5 21. a4 Qa4 22. Re4 Qb5 23. Qb7
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