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I've always thought the best way to learn chess is to watch a good game pulled apart slowly, in plain language. No jargon, no rushing — just the ideas behind the moves.

Lesser Known Masters

Lesser Known Masters: Boris Spassky, Part 2

The second part of my look at Boris Spassky — a world champion whose style is still widely misunderstood. We go through a game against Sveshnikov from the 1973 USSR Championship.

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The series

Lesser Known Masters

Everybody knows the famous names. But chess history is full of players whose games are every bit as instructive and far less picked over — and some familiar champions whose style people still get wrong.

That's what this series is for: sitting down with a great game and working through what the players were actually thinking, one move at a time. The same way I'd go through a game with a student.

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Game analysis

Classic games broken down move by move, with the ideas made explicit.

Plain language

No jargon and no assumed knowledge. If you know how the pieces move, you can follow along.

Players worth knowing

The masters who deserve more attention than they get — and the champions people misread.

Prefer it explained to you directly?

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