tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post323038680290959672..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: My favourite moves XVITom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-60386326847268871562015-09-25T18:54:21.090+01:002015-09-25T18:54:21.090+01:00Come back Tom!Come back Tom!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-3678396716590281902015-09-24T14:11:52.628+01:002015-09-24T14:11:52.628+01:00Also one of my favourite moves!Also one of my favourite moves!Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05653057814116380581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-7062747865688527572015-09-16T09:08:13.797+01:002015-09-16T09:08:13.797+01:00There was a top level encounter between Aronian an...There was a top level encounter between Aronian and Adams back in February in Baden-Baden. Adams preferred the older idea of exf3. There are known improvements on the KvK game, but perhaps these aren't considered good enough.<br /><br />As to what the theory is, top GMs must know things that the rest of us will only find out when they actually play it, or when they mention it in a commentary. Sometimes they don't play a line, not because it's bad, but because they can't recall all the details. Perhaps some much lower rated author will do the research and write a book on that line of the English and establish which of .. e3 or .. exf3 is best, or whether they are both of equal merit.<br /><br />The Carlsen influence is that GMs and others started to abandon openings where play was all but forced for fear of engine assisted ambushes, so that particular treatment of the English only has a handful of games to test which move is better. If you know a line far better than your opponent, that has to be worth something even if the engine verdict opposes it. <br /><br />RdCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com