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trigs

here's an interesting link i just came across today. it outlines some professionals' chosen openings for certain lines. just thought it was worth sharing.

www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/FTP/repertoires.xls

itsabank

This is certainly an interesting document, but it should be noted that this is more of a compilation of what writers recommend in repertoire books than it is a collection of grandmaster repertoires.  Actually, it may be interesting to put together a collection of what certain GMs liked to play...  I'll start with an easy one:

Bobby Fischer's Opening Repertoire:

As white: Primarily 1.e4

vs. Alekhine: Exchange Variation

vs. Caro-Kann: Two Knights Defense, Exchange Variations including Panov-Botvinnik Attack

vs. French: 3. Nc3 variations

vs. Petroff: 3. Nxe5 variations

vs. Pirc: Austrian Attack

vs. Sicilian: Yugoslav Attack vs Dragon, Bc4 (Sozin) Systems against many others

vs. e5: Ruy Lopez main lines

Also: King's Indian Attack, particularly in his younger years

 

As Black:

vs. Queenside openings (1.d4, 1.c4, etc): Primarily King's Indian Defense, occasional Grunfeld, Nimzo-Indian, and Queen's Gambit Declined (mostly against experts against the KID).

vs. 1. e4: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation, particularly the Poisoned Pawn Variation.

This is a focus on the openings played most often, not every opening ever played by Fischer.  The source is a compiliation of the three sections from this site:

http://www.bobby-fischer.net/evolution_of_bobby_fischer.html

I think it could be fun to learn what great players in the past played, since it'll show which openings "fit together" as a repertoire for those people unsure of what to put together for theirs.

vs. 1. e4

trigs
itsabank wrote:

This is certainly an interesting document, but it should be noted that this is more of a compilation of what writers recommend in repertoire books than it is a collection of grandmaster repertoires.  Actually, it may be interesting to put together a collection of what certain GMs liked to play...  I'll start with an easy one:

Bobby Fischer's Opening Repertoire:

As white: Primarily 1.e4

vs. Alekhine: Exchange Variation

vs. Caro-Kann: Two Knights Defense, Exchange Variations including Panov-Botvinnik Attack

vs. French: 3. Nc3 variations

vs. Petroff: 3. Nxe5 variations

vs. Pirc: Austrian Attack

vs. Sicilian: Yugoslav Attack vs Dragon, Bc4 (Sozin) Systems against many others

vs. e5: Ruy Lopez main lines

Also: King's Indian Attack, particularly in his younger years

 

As Black:

vs. Queenside openings (1.d4, 1.c4, etc): Primarily King's Indian Defense, occasional Grunfeld, Nimzo-Indian, and Queen's Gambit Declined (mostly against experts against the KID).

vs. 1. e4: Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation, particularly the Poisoned Pawn Variation.

This is a focus on the openings played most often, not every opening ever played by Fischer.  The source is a compiliation of the three sections from this site:

http://www.bobby-fischer.net/evolution_of_bobby_fischer.html

I think it could be fun to learn what great players in the past played, since it'll show which openings "fit together" as a repertoire for those people unsure of what to put together for theirs.

vs. 1. e4


that is a good idea.