Author: Roger Brown
Date: 20:33:25 08/11/05
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>Capablanca, remember him? He too didn't put much time on the openings, instead >he went on principles, which he had a deep understanding. Instead he put his >time to endgame study, as that is the most subtle and complex part of chess. > >Would he do it differently today? Maybe, but I bet he wouldn't waste nearly as >much time on long opening lines, just what he needed and back to the endgame. > >Capablanca was probably the greatest natural chess genius the world has ever >known. The Einstein of Chess! Don't believe me? Ask Fischer!;-) > >Terry Hello Terry, Isn't the citing of an exception such as Capablanca the proof of the general rule that the modern chess player pays a lot of attention to the latest opening theory? Often studying pet lines into moves 15 and beyond? Kasparov Karpov Alekhine (my personal favourite) Anand Later.
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