Ian Nepomniachtchi

Russian GM

“I believe that at some point in chess, the player with the best memory will simply win. This has always been a major advantage in chess, especially recently.

Of course, for young players who know less theory, it is still interesting for them to analyze in some way, to find something new. For example, Erigaisi, who analyzes with a computer non-stop, plays some strange ideas that are bad according to the computer, but they are difficult to counter over the board. And because of this, he shows insane results in Opens, against chess players who, let’s say, are not very well-prepared.

And it’s much more difficult for him to play, for example, in Circuit tournaments. Partly due to little experience, partly due to the fact that opening experiments are punished completely differently than in Opens. There you need to play slightly more reliable openings, with a good reputation.”