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I duly note that another of my favourite opening mavericks, Michal (formerly Mikhail) Krasenkrow, accounted for 6 of those 393 games, all from the Black side. Michal scored an impressive plus 4, minus zero, equal 2 in those 6 Black games, including the one and only win against 3.Na3 (:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1086268
Krasenkow is of course well known for his contributions to opening theory, as detailed in his Wikipedia entry cited below.
Theoretical contributions
Krasenkow has made major contributions to several areas of opening theory, most notably in the Classical King's Indian Defense. His consistent use of the relative sideline 6.h3 in that opening helped to establish it as a viable manner of combating the King's Indian. Other members of the elite now use the system from time to time, including on occasion Magnus Carlsen. It is typically called the Makogonov system, though some authors now refer to it as the Krasenkow System; he himself calls it the Bagirov system. Krasenkow's other important contribution is the so-called Groningen Attack in the English Opening (discovered simultaneously with Vadim Zviagintsev): 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g4!?
I duly note that another of my favourite opening mavericks, Michal (formerly Mikhail) Krasenkrow, accounted for 6 of those 393 games, all from the Black side. Michal scored an impressive plus 4, minus zero, equal 2 in those 6 Black games, including the one and only win against 3.Na3 (:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1086268
Krasenkow is of course well known for his contributions to opening theory, as detailed in his Wikipedia entry cited below.
Theoretical contributions
Krasenkow has made major contributions to several areas of opening theory, most notably in the Classical King's Indian Defense. His consistent use of the relative sideline 6.h3 in that opening helped to establish it as a viable manner of combating the King's Indian. Other members of the elite now use the system from time to time, including on occasion Magnus Carlsen. It is typically called the Makogonov system, though some authors now refer to it as the Krasenkow System; he himself calls it the Bagirov system. Krasenkow's other important contribution is the so-called Groningen Attack in the English Opening (discovered simultaneously with Vadim Zviagintsev): 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g4!?
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