Kasparov's games against Deep Blue are not particularly edifying. But I concede the point based on others' data provided.
It's Sicilians and Ruys...everything else is second tier
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Mine doesn't count then? (Post #17)
Jan 27, 2014
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Ubik42 wrote:
maskedbishop wrote:
>What? 1. d4 is getting played all the time at the top level, perhaps even a little more often tham 1. e4. <
Name one World Champion who has played it in WC matches recently. With dates :)
Games 12,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Anand-Topalov 2010
These are more than six games.
Game 1:
Game 2:
I hardly play 1.e4 anymore because there's just so much French, Modern, Pirc, and Sicilian theory to learn. Memorizing those clear advantage for white lines against 1...g5 never see the light of day even in casual games and 1.e4,e5 2.Nf3,Nf6 3.Nc3 gives black the power to transpose into a four knights, though white can break symmetry well with 4.d4!
1.d4 seems more fluid and good moves suggests themselves, and inaccurate play isn't as punishable usually. You screw up with 1.e4 and black typically obtains a good initiative.
Plus 1. d4 is more fun! (in my humble opinion).
Jan 27, 2014
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maskedbishop wrote:
At least, that seems to be the consensus at the very top for the past decade or so, every since Fischer brought back e4 to World Championship play.
Karpov tried to get around this with the Caro-Kann...and he's the Last of the Mohicans on that one. Might just as well have been the First of them too.
We won't see a another d4 World Champion again, not for a LONG time.
Clearly the comments of an utter moron!
Karpov was NOT the last titled player to play something different. How about we merely go back two months to when the World Championship took place. What is Carlsen, then the challenger and now the world champion, play in Round 2 as Black? Huh? Huh? I can't hear you! Yes, that's right, THE CARO-KANN!
No d4 world champion, huh? Hmmmm....again, just happened! What did Anand play in round 9, at which point he was still the World Champion as Carlsen hadn't won the match yet? Huh? Huh? I can't hear you! Yes, that's right, 1.d4!
Not to mention, check out any one of the many books on Carlsen's Games. He plays e4, he plays d4, he plays c4, he plays everything!
Therefore, a word to the OP - shut up until you have something more intelligent to say!
Kasparov played 1.e4 and 1.d4 regularly. ( ... ) In one famous match we stuck to 1.d3 (less successfully)
Here's the 1.d3 game ... against a human, you'd have thought he was drunk, but against Deep Blue it got him a draw ...