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When you have all the openings memorised, as the champs do, it is not really playing until 10 or 20 moves in. It is not really playing a game in this situation,
by megablast 13y ago
When you have all the openings memorised, as the champs do, it is not really playing until 10 or 20 moves in. It is not really playing a game in this situation, it is Magnus going through the motions.
- gk1 13y agoThat's only the case when both players know the openings and follow "textbook" moves throughout the opening. When playing against amateurs, you're usually out of the memorized lines in just a few moves, so at that point it just becomes tactical.