Featured is the game between Karen Grigorian and Roman Dzindzichashvili from the 1969 URS-ch sf Rostov-on-Don Tournament. Dzindzichashvili’s reply to the Ruy Lopez is the Classical variation with Bc5. After Grigorian’s c3, play sharpens immediately with f5, the Cordel Gambit. This is a nice simple example right out of the opening of not reacting to your opponent’s threats, but instead generating a stronger threat of your own. After only 14 moves, the strength of Dzindzichashvili’s bishop pair would be on full display and already force his opponent’s resignation.
Image of Roman Dzindzichashvili by Bill Hook
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