Edinburgh Live Games

[andyburnett]

George it's a London System not Barry Attack!

If it's good enough for Carlsen...

Round 5 was a London System Joe, but round 3 v Keti it was the Barry Attack![/quote

Oh fair enough thought we were talking about round 5! I've played the Barry for years it's OK opening but if black knows what to do it's almost completely equal. Still black has to take some risks to win and the positions are not to every Kings Indian players liking.

Agreed Joe and to be honest, there are very few openings which aren't playable nowadays. Apart from really bad ones coupled with horrible mistakes early on, openings are not the be-all and end-all of chess. Good middlegame play is, combined with accurate calculation and technique (plus 100 other little things which help)