Its interesting when you bring the outfitghting boxer to an infighting match, same thing here
Who else loves seeing what Richard Rapport is doing?
Sort:
varelse1 wrote:
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.
I think the truth is that in this game Rapport got 'outRapported' by Giri.
He got a little dose of his own medicine, there.
Jan 23, 2014
0
#24
melvernboy wrote:
Maybe because he is young and don't know shitload of theory in Slav and King's Indian, so he avoid playing them against theorygods.
That might be partially true. It would indeed be unwise for a 17 year old to try and outdo, say, Aronian in prep.
Jan 24, 2014
0
#25
melvernboy wrote:
Maybe because he is young and don't know shitload of theory in Slav and King's Indian, so he avoid playing them against theorygods.
But sure it was a simul 
Is it common knowledge how much of that was theory?
Jan 24, 2014
0
#27
Artch wrote:
Is it common knowledge how much of that was theory?
Finishing with the +/- evaluation. This is from 1998.
So 18 moves were theory.
Thx.
He's a very dynamic player, maybe slightly anti-positional.
amartalon wrote:
That might be partially true. It would indeed be unwise for a 17 year old to try and outdo, say, Aronian in prep.
yeah!
Larsen used to play this kind of opening. He won an huge number of tournaments and had a huge number of win. A huge number of loss too.
Anyway, he was one of the best tournament player of the 60's -70's, but was never a serious WC contender.
and spend 25 minutes on move 5!?
maybe he expects from his surprised opponent to also spend some time on figuring out the idea behind the move, or he thinks that it is more worth to sacrifise some time than enter into positions in which the opponent feels like fish in the water