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[Event "??"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grunfeld"]
[Black "Fleck"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

{Discussion of Sveshnikov Sicilian, Bishop Sacrifice game:} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 {10...Bg7 currently is under a cloud, so the following sac on b5 may be that much more ...

[Event "??"]
[Site "San Nicolas"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Canoba"]
[Black "Eliskases, E"]
[Result "0-1"]

{Discussion of French Winawer, Poisoned Pawn, Rossetto Variation game:} 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 dxc3 {The normal move order for the main line Winawer Poisoned Pawn proceeds ...

[Event "Lloyds Bank"]
[Site "London, UK"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "B. Stein"]
[Black "A. Beliavsky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

{Discussion of French Winawer, Poisoned Pawn, Euwe Variation game:} 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Kd1!? {The Euwe Variation, which nowadays is uncommon in over the ...

Based on an old post of mine on the CFC Discussion Board:

I'd recommend, for the viewer's own comparison purposes, doing a 2700+ vs. 2700+ player database search, for either a few recent years only, or for a longer period of time, to see what the most popular defences/openings are, and for the wins-draws-losses (or overall-percentage) percentage results achieved with each. Better yet might be to do a computer vs. computer games database search, assuming the programs involved were ...

Version 1.1 of our chess app is available @ iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ches...593013634?mt=8
New in this release:
- Level 3 recommended for (800 - 1100) rating
- FAQ
- Bugs fixes

Thank you for your interest!