Levon Aronian, Openings Maverick
His performance wasn't up to what chess fans might have expected, based on his rating and recent successes, but Levon Aronian more than made up for his indifferent result by displaying an astonishing array of antique, (allegedly) second-rate and just plain bizarre opening variations. Not only that, but he performed quite well with them, too!
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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos on
Friday March 31, 2006 at 12:06am
"According to the site of a Scanian club, Aronian is a friend of an FM in that club. - which might have inspired his use of Martens' Jupiter variation (Svidler-Aronian). The FM in question is a devotee of the North Sea defence as well, so that might be coming soon in Aronian's games - if he hasn't tried it already... "
By the way, if you're not already aware, the North Sea Defense is 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5 or 3.Nc3 d5 4.e5 Nh5.
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