00:00There are limited opportunities to study these openings and to have a tree in one minute.
00:09That's one minute old-fashioned. It takes time for me.
00:12I'm sure for young players it takes 10 seconds to have a tree with all the games played in a certain opening.
00:18Some people think it kills creativity, but if you are open-minded, it could actually enhance your creativity
00:28because you can see quickly what's happened, all the moves that I've made before, and look for a new idea.
00:41I always believed that there was room for creativity in the openings,
00:47and that's why I spent a lot of time looking for old openings that were abandoned in the 80s.
00:55Let's not forget, in the 80s, Evans, Gambit, and of course, Scotch, they were just totally abandoned.
01:05Belonged to the 19th century.
01:07Nobody expected these openings to make a comeback.
01:11I played it. I played against Karpov.
01:13I played as Scotch very successfully against all the top players,
01:18including my World Championship match against Karpov and against Nigel Shaw.
01:23I played Evans, Gambit, though, of course, it didn't last for too long.
01:29Now we understand it's not refuted, but obviously white cannot expect to gain an advantage
01:38if black is comfortable with playing this opening,
01:46and there are a few ways for black to get a very decent position.
01:54But again, we're talking about top players.
01:57We're talking about strong grandmasters.
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