Master Class Band 6: Anatoly Karpov Taktik in 1988 she was just

in 1988 she was just a promising junior who had never even seen a Grandmaster

2) The Scheveningen Variation

while avoiding loads of opening theory

Simple Minor Piece Endings

we must know the most important rules and patterns

Master Class Band 6: Anatoly Karpov Taktik in 1988 she was justWhen Anatoly Karpov was invited to the Botvinnik chess school at the age of 11, the "patriarch" made a devastating judgment: "The boy has no idea about chess and therefore there is no future for him as a chess player." Seldom has the judgment on a chess talent been more wrong than this. Karpov soon developed into the best chess player in the Soviet Union and was considered a serious challenge to world champion Fischer. However, Fischer did not take