00:00He started playing Kings Indian and he was one of the pioneers of Kings Indian in the late 40s, early 50s, you know, reviving the opening and always coming up with new ideas.
00:11And then he switched to the Kings, to the Queens Gambit.
00:15I couldn't believe why I was so, but then I just realized that it's not just about the opening.
00:21It's very important how you feel, whether you feel comfortable.
00:25And you always look for certain positions that could fit your chess playing mood at a certain time.
00:36And I also made a few fluctuations.
00:39As I said, from E4, I went to D4, 1977.
00:43Then I moved gradually back to E4, playing with Karpov.
00:46And by the beginning of the 90s, after playing my fifth match with Karpov, I almost exclusively moved to E4.
00:56But at the end of my career, I played equally E4 and D4.
01:00Maybe a little bit more E4, but I didn't have any special preferences.
01:06In 1977, I looked for some new openings.
01:16And I was already a Soviet junior champion, under 18.
01:21And I had to defend my title.
01:23And I worked with Alexander Shakarov in Baku.
01:26Alexander Nikitin also was helping me.
01:28And we thought about having some new ideas, how to expand my opening repertoire.
01:40And with black pieces, I switched from Sicilian, that I played almost exclusively, to Karakhan.
