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The Tarrasch Defense. A Fighting Black Defense - 2009/04/13 08:12
The Tarrasch Defense is a wonderful opening for Black. It forces you to develop your skill in piece play and dynamic elements of chess. It forces you to become a much stronger endgame player. Basically it forces you to become a much stronger chess player overall.
Kasparov used it to good effect on his run up to his meeting with Karpov. Karpov and his superior positional skill and endgame skill were waiting to drop an anvil on Kasparov, but it really wasn't the fault of this opening. Kasparov was no match for Karpov's endgame ability.
And certainly, it will be highly unlikely that you will ever have to face someone as strong as Karpov.
So why not give it a try?
If you are an attacking player, consider it. It gives you a ready made repertoire against every White opening except for 1.e4.
For example...
1...d5, 2...e6, 3...c5.
Play that against everything except for 1.e4 and you will be assured of easy development and strong pressure against White.
Which leaves the question, what to do against 1.e4???
Hmm....
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