Hansen: The Basman-Williams Attack Strategie he became the youngest grandmaster

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Hansen: The Basman-Williams Attack Strategie he became the youngest grandmasterAn innovative approach to dealing with the King's Indian and Grnfeld Indian defenses The Basman Williams Attack arises after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4, which was first played by the inventive and creative English International Master Michael Basman in the 1970s and later adopted & developed by English Grandmaster Simon Williams. Nowadays, it has become a weapon used by several top grandmasters and it was even adopted for use in the recent Candidates