EP 193 | The Opening Revolution

Jesse, David, and Kostya discuss the opening revolution caused by powerful cloud engines and modern analysis and it's impacts on the state of current chess at all levels.

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0:00 The Opening Revolution

1:18 New Engine Evaluations

4:15 How Computers Think About Chess

7:12 Why This Is a Big Deal

11:16 More Openings Are Playable

14:12 The Blumenfeld Debate

20:23 Expanding Opening Theory

29:42 The Return of the Dragon

36:39 Weird Moves That Work

48:34 Humans vs Engine Evaluations

56:30 The Future of Opening Prep