I don´t think anyone in the Top 10 will touch this line as black... They don´t like positions with the back against the wall, like the endgame from Caruana-Agdestein.
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A video series on the beginners chess are definitely needed. There is a great majority of players willing to improve their game, who cannot actually follow the video lectures.
Let's do those, Danny!
Great job in Dortmund, Georg!
Ipatov, Shabolov, Meier, Lenderman! Awesome featured articles!
http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-masters-bulletin-july-2014
I spent a lot of personal time on this issue, co-writting the "Aronian's Ragozin" piece with Alex Lenderman, and I think it turned out great. Not biased at all
Amazing how often Magnus plays *slightly* dubious moves like fxg3 in his game with Aronian from Norway... yet wins the game and gets away with it in the end anyway
#gofigure
Anyway, Meier's article on the topical "Agdestein French" is interesting to say the least. I have a biased that all French lines are bad
but Georg did a pretty good job convincing me otherwise.
QUESTION FOR GEORG: What is your prediction on whether we will see Agdestein's line played by those in the top 10 moving forward in the next year?
I wish Shabalov would tell us some details from that party!
Bojkov did such a good job with the tips for beginners, I wonder if we should get him to start a video series on the idea? All those in favor?
Anyway, I won't drone on... your thoughts on the issue?
Danny