Fresh approach - it's just great 
Who else loves seeing what Richard Rapport is doing?
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Definitely worth following
You should watch GM Jobova in the B group of tata, he opened today with 1.b3
Well even though he is trolling it it doesn't mean you should follow him. He is a GM with a rating of 2700. You do not have a rating of 2700. He could play all the unsound openings he wants and still know what he is doing. He is just setting a bad example for the players who are not nearly as strong as he is.
I didn't say people should follow him bit it was fun to watch
caughtupinthemoment wrote:
Well even though he is trolling it it doesn't mean you should follow him. He is a GM with a rating of 2700. You do not have a rating of 2700. He could play all the unsound openings he wants and still know what he is doing. He is just setting a bad example for the players who are not nearly as strong as he is.
By "follow," I think they are using more the "watch" definition, as opposed to the "copy" definition. Stuff like this can be pretty hilarious, although I would of course not recommend playing it :)
Sometimes it's fun to just troll, usually by playing the Daeth Tarp.
Jan 19, 2014
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#8
The variety of openings in both groups have been wonderful to see, and so many wins with both colors
Jan 19, 2014
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#9
I've been watching this guy. Who in their right ming plays the Budapest versus Gelfand?! And wins!!!
I love it!
Yes, really nice to see strong GMs using uncommon openings. Jobava is definitely one of the most creative top GMs, in my humble opinion at least.
Jan 20, 2014
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It certainly is a breath of fresh air rather than watching one Berlin wall after another. Some of the stuff Rapport has played is a little unsound but some of the ideas are actually quite interesting. Even Dominguez said after their game that 3. g4 is not a bad idea since it interferes with black's development of the knight on g8. It was actually later on in that game that Rapport went wrong.
Im already a fan, no doubt.
his games are a lot of fun reminds me of Nakamura in his earlier days.
Hungary by all comparisons is among the top 10 chess playing nations yet there is very little talk of Hungarian GM-s as if Hungarian chess did not exist.
May be this will change with Richard Rapport? ( It is very strange for me to write his name like this, since I would say Rapport Richárd in Hungarian. )
varelse1 wrote:
But Hungary has Leko, and like 6 or 7 Polgar sisters, don't they?
I have not seen any mentioning of Peter Leko ( Lékó Péter ) or Zoltan Almasi ( Almási Zoltán ) who is also a 2700+ player here at the forums. Susan Polgar ( Polgár Zsuzsa) is a US citizen now. Judit Polgar ( Polgár Judit ) is mentioned but being a woman it is always noted that yes she is strong but not as strong as the strongest men so it does not count much that she is the best female player ever.
Perhaps we can convince him to try the Daeth Opining and/or the Bongcloud
It is nice to see that player thinks, or creates, from very early moves.
This is future of chess, for sure, which I predicted few years ago. The "copy paste" time in ches is coming to the end, it was not about that these are big discoverys, but for recent years players were so lazy to play from first move, rather play fast, memorized, 20-25 moves and just few of them from own head until the end of game. It was just matter of time when this common approach would be replaced by something new.
So I still stay aginst Bobby Fischer statement that chess is played out !
Sorry Bobby, r.i.p., but this time you are wrong!
Jan 23, 2014
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But explain to me how he can play these BS openings, and spend 25 minutes on move 5!? Like he's doing right now against Giri.
I thought the whole point of obscure sidelines was to gain time on the clock. Not lose it.
This guy is trolling what people consider Modern chess opening theory by playing the Budapest, 3.g4 in the english opening, and Qf3 today. You have to love it. I like it!