Kasimdzhanov analyses this opening extensively and one topical line he covers arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8 Kxd8 9.h3. It is so solid that it is often dubbed 'the Berlin Wall'. It is generally considered to be drawish its main attraction is that it provides Black with a solid defence. After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Black does not play 3.a6 but 3…Nf6 indicating his willingness to enter the Berlin Defence. The Berlin is a line of the Ruy Lopez (the Spanish) opening. Rustam Kasimdzhanov at the ChessBase recording studios In this DVD, Kasimdzhanov exhausts all variations and transpositions resulting in the Berlin, in four large parts, with corresponding games and extensive analysis no question would remain unanswered. Particularly the ones that are at a lower end in their chess progress. I suspect that the intricacies of this most modern of the modern trends remain only vaguely clear to many players. However, at the most recent Championship, Anand had not much luck with it.īut the Berlin keeps fascinating. Since then the Berlin has been associated with Championships, as if top players are looking to it as some magic formula for success. Kramnik used it as a drawing weapon against Kasparov it helped him to become the 14th world Champion. Emanuel Lasker is known to have been among its main promoters.īut then the opening had lost its attraction and it has been hardly used until its renaissance in 2000, when Vladimir Kramnik became its promulgator at the World Championship Match against Kasparov. The Berlin Defence was regularly played in the late 19th century and early 20th century. What is the connection? Among the most significant modern trends in chess openings studied in this video, a large part is dedicated to that ubiquitous, intriguing opening that we have been hearing so much during the recently finished World Championship Match: the 'Berlin'.
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