A strong player has spent years exploring the intricacies of chess. She studies her prior matches the way a football coach studies game tape.
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History’s Greatest Chess Matches
Anderssen leads his pieces in a suicide charge. He sacrifices a bishop, both rooks, and the queen – nearly all his best material – in exchange for nothing but pawns. It’s like a parent chanting, “Go! Go! Go!” as he sends his children sprinting out into onrushing traffic.