00:00It's for you to make all this work, because unlike us, 30, 40 years ago, you have almost unlimited opportunities to study these openings and to have a tree in one minute.
00:17That's one minute I'm old-fashioned. It takes time for me. I'm sure for young players it takes 10 seconds to have a tree with all the games played in a certain opening.
00:26Some people think it kills creativity, but if you are open-minded, it could actually enhance your creativity, because you can see quickly what's happened, all the moves that we've made before, and look for a new idea.
00:43I always believed that there was room for creativity in the openings, and that's why I spent a lot of time looking for old openings that were abandoned in the 80s.
01:04Let's not forget, in the 80s, Evans, Gambit, and of course Scotch, they were just totally abandoned. Belonged to the 19th century.
01:16Nobody expected these openings to make a comeback. I played it. I played against Karpov.
01:22I played as Scotch very successfully against all the top players, including my world championship match against Karpov and against Nigel Shaw.
01:32I played Evans, Gambit, though of course it didn't last for too long. Now we understand it's not refuted, but obviously white cannot expect to gain an advantage
01:47if black is comfortable with playing this opening, and there are a few ways for black to get a very...
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