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Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 – Presented by IM Thomas Engqvist

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The Second Piatigorsky Cup, held at the Miramar Resort Hotel, Santa Monica, California, from July to August 1966, was a prestigious double round-robin chess tournament, edited by Isaac Kashdan. The event featured some of the world’s leading players of the era, including:

Jan Hein Donner (Netherlands), Robert Fischer (USA), Borislav Ivkov (Yugoslavia), Bent Larsen (Denmark), Miguel Najdorf (Argentina), Lajos Portisch (Hungary), Samuel Reshevsky (USA), Tigran Petrosian (USSR), Boris Spassky (USSR), Wolfgang Unzicker (West Germany)

In this analysis, IM Thomas Engqvist examines the tournament games to highlight how chess was played in the 1960s, focusing on openings, middlegame strategies, and overall play. The influence of the Zurich 1953 Candidates Tournament is clearly visible in several lines, reflecting the strategic and positional trends of the period.

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