The commentators Laughed at this opening. Do your homework!!
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Magnus played the strategy well. His C3 move instead of book C4 was game changing to those that follow this great opening theory. He legitimised the modern version which was a game changer. In the exchange variation exchange the knight with your bishop at exactly the right time then populate the black squares with your white pawns. But C3 instead of C4…… thank you Magnus. Just brilliant
Magnus Carlsen played the b4 opening and played the brilliant c3 instead of the book c4 and just changed the dynamics of this great opening which was explored recently in theory. Yet the commentators had no idea??.They called it a “ mouse slip opening move”
When magnus played c3 giri paused in disbelief and took a while to play his next move
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yFlM2-VFKCU