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UON 20 (Jan.-April 2008)

By Bill Wall, Clyde Nakamura, Davide Rozzoni, Donald K. Wedding Jr., Eric Shiller, Frank Bendig, Gary K. Gifford, Giorgio Codazza, Lev Zilbermintz, N. Earl Roberts, Orest Vovk, Rolando Dubini and Sven-Erik Zetterström

UON 20 (Jan.-April 2008)
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PART 1 The GROB
Henry Grob
1: Why the Grob?–Orest Vovk
2: Section of Games (games 3 thru 21)
3: 1997-1999; 5 Games, 14th Italian Corres. Master Champonship–Davide Rozzoni
4. Section of Games (games 27-37)
5: Frank Bendig wins the ICCF 1.g4 Thematic, games submitted by Frank Bendig
6. Fritz versus Shredder
7: Five Grob Miniatures–Bill Wall
8: Davide Rozzoni vs. Itallian Corres. Master Aurelio Napoli Costa 4 Games
9: Zilbermints e5 Gambit in the Grob–Sven-Erik Zetterström; reworked by Earl Roberts
10. GROB ATTACK / Zilbermints Gambit–Lev D. Zilbermints
11. The Sicilian Grob Attack 1.e4 c5 2. g4–Clyde Nakamura
12. My Rediscoverd Grob Games–Gifford

PART 2 Basman’s Defense (1…g5) & the Myer’s Defense (1. c4 g5) (The GROB as Black, aka the BORG)
13. Two games with g5
14: E. J. Diemer, Four 1… g5 Defense Games …. Compiled by Corres. Master di Giorgio Codazza
15. Basman’s Loss as White Against Pratt’s 1. …g5
16. Is the Myers Defense (1.c4 g5) Playable?–Lev D. Zilbermints
17. 2… g5 against the Reti-Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g5)–Clyde Nakamura

Who was Claude F. Bloodgood?– Donald K. Wedding Jr.

PART 3 REFERENCE MATERIALS … 56 Grob (1… g4) Reference Materials

Eric Schiller’s Opening Nomenclature for Unorthodox Gambits with g4–Eric Schiller

APPENDIX A
Rolando Dubini’s Grob’s attack refutations. Parts 1 and 2 (in Italian) Source: Italian chess review “L’Arcimatto” Republished with kind permission of Maurizio Mascheroni.

Editor’s Note In Closing – Gifford


Tagged with: Borg, Grob, Myers Defense, Sicilian Grob, Zilbermints Grob Gambit

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