00:00Switched to D4, and he also switched to Karakhan from his classical Ruy Lopez, that was his traditional choice.
00:07And it worked well for him.
00:10But still, you know, when he played Korchnoi, and he played other big matches, and big tournaments, so E4 was his exclusive weapon.
00:21But then he simply realized, after playing so many games with me, that D4 fit his style.
00:30His character much better than E4, especially since he saw that in Skeveningen, he will have to play very sharp positions that simply didn't work well for him.
00:46I'm afraid there's no universal advice that you want to hear.
00:59Should I play one or two openings, or I should look for many?
01:02It, again, depends on the way you want to make progress.
01:10Some players could be more comfortable.
01:13There's nothing that can stop you from playing different openings.
01:16Though, of course, you have to learn quite a lot.
01:19So you cannot play many sharp openings, because then you have to do too much work, and that would be probably counterproductive.
01:25But, for instance, if you play, say, Ruy Lopez, so classical Ruy Lopez, then there's certain positions there that you can study.
01:36You can play, let's say, you can play Marshall Gambit after C3, D5.
01:48Or if White plays H3 or D3 or A4, so you can play this kind of refuse Marshall.
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