GM Alexander Grischuk: "Los mejores jugadores de hoy no son más fuertes que los de hace 25 años"

 

Alexander Grischuk: "Los mejores jugadores de hoy no son más fuertes que los de hace 25 años"

Alexander Grischuk comparó a la élite actual con los mejores jugadores del pasado y explicó por qué considera que los jugadores de mayor nivel se han mantenido en un nivel similar:

"No me parece que los jugadores punteros de hoy sean más fuertes que los de hace 25 años. Sinceramente, en absoluto.

Tomemos a Anand, por ejemplo. Tiene 56 años. Juega torneos contra los jugadores más fuertes, como Erigaisi y otros, y al menos aguanta el tipo. Yo diría incluso que, la mayoría de las veces, juega mejor que ellos. A los 56 años, eso es increíble. Por eso no creo que los mejores jugadores se hayan vuelto más fuertes.

Si tomamos, digamos, al número 50 del mundo, entonces sí: los jugadores actuales son muy superiores a los de antes.

Pero si tomamos a los cinco mejores de aquella época —Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Topalov—, no creo que los cinco mejores de hoy sean más fuertes. Tampoco es que hayan empeorado; están más o menos al mismo nivel. Simplemente, ahora existe un conocimiento mucho mayor de las aperturas y una comprensión más profunda de las posiciones típicas".

A continuación una selección de sus mejores partidas: 

[Event "Lausanne Young Masters"] [Site "Lausanne SUI"] [Date "2000.05.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Laurent Fressinet"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2000.05.30"] {[%evp 0,65,23,23,43,48,70,51,66,30,30,28,45,34,41,41,41,41,27,10,57,32,61,34,31,22,11,-10,-22,-9,-12,-1,10,-4,33,8,77,51,55,97,88,84,88,74,83,91,76,76,54,28,108,128,147,148,143,174,96,184,249,234,452,461,481,468,607,613,619,627]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd7 15. Na5 O-O 16. Kb1 f6 17. gxf6 Rxf6 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 Qc7 20. Bg5 Rg6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qa5 Qe8 23. c7 Nf4 24. c4 b4 25. c5 d5 26. Bc4 Qf7 27. c6 Rd6 28. Qxa6 Qe8 29. Qb7 Qxc6 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxd5 Rxc4 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Rc1 1-0 [Event "Torshavn International"] [Site "Torshavn FAI"] [Date "2000.10.10"] [Round "5"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "2606"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2000.10.06"] {[%evp 0,53,23,28,48,44,54,26,33,47,70,24,30,31,33,12,37,13,30,38,42,32,29,-6,25,20,18,19,20,20,19,19,0,2,15,19,19,6,0,0,0,-16,4,30,0,12,340,342,345,352,352,350,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 a5 8. Ng5 e6 9. f4 dxe5 10. fxe5 c5 11. c3 cxd4 12. O-O O-O 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf3 f6 15. Nc3 fxe5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 21. Bd8 Qc5 22. Ne4 Qb4 23. Ng5 Kh8 24. Qf7 Bd7 25. Bxe6 Rxd8 26. Qg8+ Rxg8 27. Nf7# 1-0 [Event "European Club Cup"] [Site "Panormo GRE"] [Date "2001.09.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Evgeny Ilgizovich Bareev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2669"] [BlackElo "2719"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2001.09.23"] {[%evp 0,33,28,23,42,32,22,13,-6,-6,11,7,27,26,44,-54,-38,-13,2,3,1,1,22,32,112,152,34,46,48,80,372,352,483,469,727,764]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. cxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. Bb5 Rg8 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxb5 13. Qh5 Rg7 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Nxb5 Qxb5 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Rxe6+ 1-0 [Event "French League Top 16"] [Site "Port Barcares FRA"] [Date "2005.05.07"] [Round "11"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Christian Bauer"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2005.05.04"] {[%evp 0,79,27,17,39,38,53,61,59,59,60,63,84,55,56,47,58,60,59,63,54,50,55,39,40,17,76,45,50,43,73,72,88,92,94,92,94,83,89,88,89,69,67,70,77,54,77,69,82,91,127,127,182,89,107,94,110,110,114,112,107,110,152,187,229,180,353,483,531,371,371,390,425,437,425,424,428,428,428,446,466,422]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Nd5 Qd8 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Nf3 e6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bg6 13. Qf3 Be7 14. g3 Qd7 15. O-O f5 16. Ng2 Nd5 17. Nf4 O-O-O 18. Rfe1 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Re5 Kb8 22. Bc4 Rhe8 23. Rae1 Re7 24. b4 Rc7 25. h4 h5 26. a4 Qf8 27. Qf4 Rdc8 28. Bf1 Bh7 29. Be2 Bg6 30. Bf3 Ka8 31. b5 Qa3 32. a5 cxb5 33. Rxb5 a6 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Rb1 Qe7 36. Rxb7 Qxb7 37. Bxb7+ Kxb7 38. Qd6 Rc6 39. Qb4+ Kc8 40. f4 1-0 [Event "Candidates Match: Grischuk - Rublevsky"] [Site "Elista RUS"] [Date "2007.06.06"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Sergei Vladimirovich Rublevsk"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2680"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2007.05.27"] {[%evp 0,67,28,18,40,43,42,28,37,33,32,36,95,80,81,56,62,70,58,30,36,35,80,58,71,83,77,70,62,46,33,21,20,7,-2,-32,-28,-86,-57,-43,106,102,88,85,89,82,95,70,67,66,72,66,66,66,66,66,66,50,114,108,216,204,254,265,635,677,685,703,713,731]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. a4 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. b4 O-O 13. b5 Be8 14. e5 Qc7 15. b6 Qc6 16. Bf3 d5 17. Rae1 Nd7 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Qc5 20. e6 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 Nf6 22. Bb3 Rd8 23. Bxf6 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 gxf6 25. e7 Bxe7 26. Rxe7 Bc6 27. Rc7 Rd2 28. Re1 Rf2 29. h3 Rxf4 30. Ree7 Rf1+ 31. Kh2 Rf2 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. Rxf7 Rf4 34. c3 1-0 [Event "Baku Grand Prix"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2008.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Ivan Cheparinov"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2716"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2008.04.21"] {[%evp 0,84,18,17,36,22,19,31,34,28,22,29,25,6,9,31,71,62,64,64,56,73,73,82,137,108,130,41,46,30,60,38,54,49,50,83,85,81,94,21,34,20,80,-91,-83,-105,-112,-125,-98,-106,-108,-117,-104,-104,-113,-167,-128,-132,-126,-121,-144,-196,-198,-217,-227,-224,-240,-233,-240,-271,-263,-287,-295,-302,-290,-308,-316,-340,-306,-306,-315,-313,-343,-358,-369,-391,-401]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. h5 Nc4 18. Rb4 Bc6 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. a4 Qc5 21. Qc3 d4 22. Qb3 Na5 23. Rxb5 Nxb3 24. Rxc5+ Nxc5 25. Ng1 Rg3 26. Ba3 d3 27. Rxg3 Nxg3 28. cxd3 Nxa4 29. Ne2 Nxh5 30. g4 Rxd3 31. gxh5 Rxa3 32. h6 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 Rd1 34. h7 Rd8 35. Nd4 Nc5 36. Nf3 Kd7 37. f5 exf5 38. Bh3 Ke7 39. Bxf5 a5 40. Bb1 a4 41. Nd4 Rh8 42. Nf5+ Kf8 0-1 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.11.29"] [Round "3.8"] [White "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] {[%evp 0,32,23,18,18,17,50,50,41,6,6,2,-7,-2,1,-3,-12,-28,-33,-45,-53,-89,-60,-97,-166,-176,-184,-570,-630,-631,-630,-705,-692,-744,-773]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Be3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c3 Bf5 8. Qb3 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Be4 10. Nd4 c5 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Ng3 c4 13. Qxb7 Nc5 14. Qc6 Rc8 15. Qb5 Rb8 16. Qc6 Rb6 0-1 [Event "World Team Championship"] [Site "Bursa TUR"] [Date "2010.01.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Vugar Gashimov"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2010.01.05"] {[%evp 0,82,14,23,33,43,70,64,51,21,30,30,48,42,69,9,11,1,3,-4,0,8,22,37,27,36,36,9,-5,14,3,-42,97,0,18,18,0,-76,-64,43,52,46,46,-183,-102,-73,-73,-374,-404,-402,-389,-389,-346,-287,-345,-356,-157,-371,-365,-380,-362,-530,-540,-552,-548,-555,-555,-547,-561,-500,-579,-568,-312,-303,-304,-315,-321,-314,-276,-351,-366,-369,-369,-392,-397]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 15. Qh3 Rh7 16. Rf1 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bd3 e4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qh5+ Kd7 22. Rd1 Rh8 23. Bf4 Bb4+ 24. c3 Nxc3 25. Bd2 Qd5 26. Rf7+ Kc6 27. Rc1 Kb6 28. Be3+ Ka5 29. a3 Ka4 30. axb4 Qxd3 31. Qa5+ Kb3 32. Rxc3+ Qxc3+ 33. Bd2 b6 34. Qxb6 Qe5+ 35. Kd1 Bb7 36. Qxb7 Rhd8 37. Rf3+ Ka2 38. Rf2 Kb1 39. Qf3 Rac8 40. Qb3+ Qb2 41. Qxb2+ Kxb2 0-1 [Event "Tromso Olympiad"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2014.08.08"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Anton Filippov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2615"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2014.08.02"] {[%evp 0,55,23,20,27,-14,16,24,43,10,26,17,20,26,34,44,38,20,17,39,9,-25,-24,-9,-15,0,-22,10,12,13,-6,-4,-7,0,24,0,-16,-8,7,-47,-40,14,34,34,83,277,306,315,315,327,784,815,29991,29992,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Bf4 a5 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Qe2 Rd8 17. h4 Kf8 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Ng5 hxg5 21. Qh5 Ke8 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 gxf4 24. Bf5 g6 25. Rxg6 Qc7 26. Re1 fxg6 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Be6# 1-0 [Event "Petrosian Memorial"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2014.11.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Boris Gelfand"] [Black "Alexander Grischuk"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D83"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2014.11.03"] {[%evp 0,132,20,27,27,16,38,37,51,44,36,21,19,19,63,0,18,7,58,43,17,12,17,14,21,-13,-2,-8,-8,-17,-24,-12,-18,-40,-26,-46,-23,-12,-12,-23,3,-27,0,-97,-66,-66,-66,-79,-61,-63,-78,-57,-62,-61,-66,-68,-50,-46,-62,-54,-57,-57,-60,-69,-76,-68,-49,-56,-68,-50,-58,-56,-76,-113,-119,-118,-133,-133,-161,-149,-155,-156,-158,-241,-121,-143,-141,-143,-125,-133,-121,-128,-133,-127,-128,-127,-143,-148,-209,-252,-284,-302,-304,-302,-154,-163,-163,-394,-177,-311,-223,-322,-322,-321,-321,-321,-321,-354,-354,-392,-392,-439,-439,-445,-445,-445,-488,-522,-522,-504,-577,-817,-1011,-1126,-1221]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 Bc8 9. h3 Nfd7 10. Nf3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxc5 12. Bb1 Nbd7 13. b4 Ne6 14. O-O Nxf4 15. exf4 Nb6 16. Qd4 f6 17. b5 Nc4 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Bd3 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Nd2 22. Rfd1 Qg5 23. Qe3 Nf3+ 24. Kh1 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Nxe5 26. e4 d4 27. Na4 Rb8 28. Bc4+ Kg7 29. Rxd4 Rb4 30. Nc5 Rf2 31. a3 Rbb2 32. Na4 Bxh3 33. Nxb2 Bxg2+ 34. Kh2 Rxb2 35. Kg3 g5 36. Rcd1 h5 37. R4d2 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Bxe4 39. Re2 h4+ 40. Kf2 Ng4+ 41. Kg1 Nf6 42. Be6 Kg6 43. Re1 Bf3 44. Re5 g4 45. Bf5+ Kh6 46. Bd3 Bd5 47. Bf1 g3 48. Bh3 Ne4 49. Be6 Nf2 50. Bxd5 cxd5 51. Kg2 d4 52. Rd5 d3 53. a4 a5 54. Kf3 Kg6 55. Rd8 Kf7 56. Rd4 Kf8 57. Rd5 Ke8 58. Rd4 Ke7 59. Rd5 Kf6 60. Rd6+ Kf5 61. Rd4 Ke6 62. Rd8 Ke5 63. Rd7 h3 64. Kxg3 Ne4+ 65. Kf3 h2 66. Kg2 d2 0-1