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wcywing Full Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 176 Joined: 01/04/08	Re: Opening for white according to Karpov Reply #5 - 05/24/09 at 04:53:20	Post Tools	Print Post
	my favorite player is Tal, but there is no way i can even try 1/100th of what he does. i like the tarrasch universal system, because it frustrates those annoying french defense players. (no offense to those that play that) i have been thinking about d4 since it is more closed, but i have not played it much. maybe i should so i get more experience with the closed openings. thanks for the advice. btw as black my rep is: e5 vs e4 (i don't like the Caro) also in the process of learning the najdorf KID vs everything else I like to play aggressive as black.


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MNb God Member Offline Rudolf Spielmann forever Posts: 10778 Location: Moengo Joined: 01/05/04 Gender:	Re: Opening for white according to Karpov Reply #4 - 05/23/09 at 21:58:41	Post Tools	Print Post
	Karpov invariably played the Keres-Attack versus the Scheveningen and 6.Be2 vs. the Najdorf. Against the Dragon his main preference was the Yugoslav Attack. The universal system was sometimes employed by Korchnoi, but never by Karpov. I agree with Ruben Kuijper for a different reason. If Karpov was aged 25 now, would he have had the same repertoire? How much I adore Spielmann, I only play few of his openings. Maybe it's better to ask yourself what kind of positions Karpov preferred and what openings give the best chance to reach them.

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Zatox Full Member Offline Posts: 175 Joined: 03/11/08	Re: Opening for white according to Karpov Reply #3 - 05/23/09 at 19:37:12	Post Tools	Print Post
	I have always wondered why people would like their repetoire to be the same as their idol's. Isn't it best to make one that suits your style? Antillian wrote on 05/23/09 at 16:08:47: But is 1. e4 less study time than 1. d4? Depends on what variations you play offcourse. But I think 1.d4 is actually less, If you see the theory that the sicilians has, Especially Be3 stuff, dragons, and Bg5 najdorf.

	'Experts vs The Sicilian' is a great book, but it is not the Bible. - TopNotch
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mangler Full Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 174 Location: Orlando Joined: 10/30/06 Gender:	Re: Opening for white according to Karpov Reply #2 - 05/23/09 at 17:16:10	Post Tools	Print Post
	In his e4 days, Karpov played 3.Nc3 vs the Caro. And he played the classical 4.Nf3 5.Be2 setup vs the Pirc.


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Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	Re: Opening for white according to Karpov Reply #1 - 05/23/09 at 16:08:47	Post Tools	Print Post
	But is 1. e4 less study time than 1. d4?

	"Breakthrough results come about by a series of good decisions, diligently executed and accumulated one on top of another." Jim Collins --- Good to Great
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wcywing Full Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 176 Joined: 01/04/08	Opening for white according to Karpov 05/23/09 at 15:28:05	Post Tools	Print Post
	I have read chess stars book black according to Karpov. i am trying to have my repertoire like his (if i had half of his playing ability that is a bonus). my try is: ruy lopez vs e5 Be2 vs most sicilians tarrasch vs french (using universal system) panov-bot vs caro any ideas what he played against pirc and other systems? i know he played d4 but i'm trying to limit some study time. any ideas are appreciated. i will study his games against Kasparov and Korchnoi, always worth looking at.


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