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chessclockz: 17. MasterClass - Garry Kasporov Teaches Chess - Openings Part 3

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00:00openings and to have a tree in one minute. That's one minute old-fashioned. It takes time for me.
00:10I'm sure for young players it takes 10 seconds to have a tree with all the games played in a
00:14certain opening. Some people think it kills creativity, but if you are open-minded,
00:24it could actually enhance your creativity because you can see quickly what's happened.
00:29All the moves that we've made before and look for a new idea.
00:39I always believed that there was room for creativity in the openings and that's why I spent a lot of time
00:48looking for old openings that were abandoned in the 80s. Let's not forget in the 80s,
00:56Evans Gambit, and of course Scotch, they were just totally abandoned. Belonged to the 19th century.
01:06Nobody expected these openings to make a comeback. I played it. I played against Karpov. I played as
01:12Scotch very successfully against all the top players, including my world championship match against
01:19Karpov and against Nigel Shaw. I played Evans Gambit, though of course it didn't last for too long.
01:27Now we understand it's not refuted, but obviously white cannot expect to gain an advantage if black
01:37is comfortable with playing this opening and there are a few ways for black to get a very decent position.
01:49But again, we're talking about top players. We're talking about strong grandmasters.
01:55We're talking about strong grandmasters. But even within the-
01:59Within the-

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