Gelfand - La prise de décision aux échecs - le jeu positionnel

Ben oui, volume one Cet énorme pavé n'est que la première partie d'un répertoire blanc - i.e. celle consacrée à la réponse 1d5. L'accroche de la couverture proclame : ' Fatigué d'avoir de mauvaises positions ? Essayez les lignes principales ! '. Moyennant quoi l'auteur n'a rien de plus pressé que de nous fourguer 4.e3 dans la Slave - variante respectable certes, mais difficilement qualifiable de principale A part ça, la base du répertoire est la Catalane, donc si vous aimez 1°/ les ouvertures positionnelles et 2°/ les gros bouquins, ceci est pour vous.

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D’accord, il arrive sans doute un peu tard – la pétaudière d’Elista ayant passablement effacé les souvenirs, pourtant autrement exaltants, du triomphe argentin de Topalov. Mais on se doit tout de même de saluer ce beau travail israëlo-suédois – 442 pages grand format pour revivre les 56 parties du plus important tournoi des 10 dernières années, enrichies de nombreuses photos – plus, à titre de curiosité, la liste d’abréviations la plus courte de tous les temps. Je ne plaisante pas : elle est en page 4…

Although known for a long time, the London started to catch up in popularity just in the last decade or so. I guess the reason for this is probably the desire of many players to focus more on the practical side of chess, with less use of engines and less memorization of long theoretical lines, and more about positional understanding of game. I must say, it received a huge boost not only in the number of games but also in a deeper understanding of the positions arising from the opening. In the past it was used from time to time, but only a few players employed it on a regular basis, such as grandmasters from former Yugoslavia, Milorad Knezevic and Vlado Kovacevic, and the English GM Tony Miles, who used it often.
Today, Kamsky is one of the players who uses it very often, and of course Magnus Carlsen, but we have many other grandmasters and non-grandmasters who now have it in their repertoire on a regular basis. I must say that it’s also important to emphasize the move orders of the line, and due to that we have an immense number of transpositions, which you don’t find so much in other openings.
My experience with the London is good and bad: after I lost a game to grandmaster Volkov in the Rilton Cup, I decided that such positions are not exactly my cup of tea, but in 2019 I picked it up again in one game in a World Senior tournament and produced a very good game. So, as in any opening, good and bad games can happen, but the London itself became a very important part of 1.d4 theory.
Milos Pavlovic, 2024.

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