AssauIt wrote:
that was in the cochrane gambit, which IS a well known opening, it definately wouldnt have come as THAT much of a surprise.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1482320
How would a grandmaster handle a opening he is not familiar with?
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Scottrf wrote:
AssauIt wrote:
that was in the cochrane gambit, which IS a well known opening, it definately wouldnt have come as THAT much of a surprise.
really nice game, when i saw that kight sac the first time i always wanted to try the opening. but i think its way better than the cochrane, but i dont know enough to really be able to judge
Lol, topalov has a thing for sacrificing his knight on f7 against kramnik.
Honestly though, a knight sacrifice in something like the anti moscow doesnt strike me as exceptional, after all it's one of the sharpest openings around, plenty of games in it with exchange sacs and queen sacs.
Sep 18, 2013
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guilySU wrote:
They say a grandmaster doesn't "care" about the openings thats much, at least , not as much as I would do as a 1100-ish player, but rather about the overall tactical devolpement( or some like that).
But I wonder, how would a grandmaster handle an opening he is not familiair with? I mean, it's impossible to memorise every opening that's out there, right? How do they look at the game from that perpsective?
Hey dude GMS care about openings.
So when does the opening change to the middle game? When the novel move appears? Like 20 moves after I'm out of my opening knowledge
I sometimes play a3 over the board. It's amazing how many people it winds up.
Sep 18, 2013
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They'll develop their pieces quickly to squares that give them lots of control, especially over the center, and are relatively safe (can't be kicked around to gain tempi). They'll castle. They'll set up a pawn structure that will allow them pressure against any weaknesses you've made. They'll prepare a pawn break to unleash their pieces when they're ready. They'll pay attention to your threats the whole time and not let you get anything dangerous going.
And they'll do it all so smoothly you'll wonder how it's possible that they came up with such a coherent plan over the board.
Sep 18, 2013
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Lucidish_Lux wrote:
They'll develop their pieces quickly to squares that give them lots of control, especially over the center, and are relatively safe (can't be kicked around to gain tempi). They'll castle. They'll set up a pawn structure that will allow them pressure against any weaknesses you've made. They'll prepare a pawn break to unleash their pieces when they're ready. They'll pay attention to your threats the whole time and not let you get anything dangerous going.
And they'll do it all so smoothly you'll wonder how it's possible that they came up with such a coherent plan over the board.
And then you notice they played the main line. Impossible, since they didn't know the theory! Oh wait, maybe the main lines are logical, and don't need to be memorised...
Never mind GMs, any National Master will have a pretty good idea of how to play against any opening they could possibly face. Innovations in familiar positions are the worry rather than specific opening set-ups. I understand the late Campomanes (former Fide President), who was a National Master, played a simul at one time where he played on succeeding boards every possible first move for white, including the rubbish ones, against opposition up to about 2200 Elo. I guess he did it to stave off boredom. he ended on a large plus score.
I have had a real life experience with this. I'm not a GM (Never will be) but I was playing good solid club & minor league chess at the time. I think my rating was about 1500.
A new guy turned up at the club & I got to play him to check him out & see how strong he was. He played white & opened with 1/- a3 h3?? That's right he played 2 pawns in the same move. He said it was played all over Europe especially where he came from, a little village in Yugoslavia. After a discussion with the club President I elected to let him play it even though it was an illegal move.
He explained that it was a very powerful opening as it prevented blacks bishops from pinning the Knights by protecting the b4 & g4 squares.
So I had to evolve a plan on the spot, it wasn't helped by the fact that the President whispered to me “You'd better not lose this or he'll be playing it every game”
So lets look at the move. It breaks every opening rule in the book, no center control, no piece development, potential weakness of the Kings position after Castling etc. At the time I was playing the Sicilian Dragon & the Grunfeld defense a lot as black. So I was comfortable with a fianchettoed bishop & saw no problem with being denied access to the b4 & g4 squares.
So to cut a long story short I played a sort of hybrid Sicilian Dragon with the bonus of extra center control. He was a good player as far as the basics go & his calculating power was excellent but having given up the center & being behind in development he was never able to establish a dominant position & I won in about 30 moves.
So I would think a GM would handle the situation in a similar manner. If he hasn't seen an opening its probably because it isn't any good although a GM probably would have won in 20 moves instead of 30 like I did.