I would like to get your ideas on the following problem:
When I first studied chess some 40 years ago I studied the "modern lines" and played many of them (for example, I followed Kasparov as a role model and played the King's Indian and the Sicilian Scheveninger; sometimes that was silly, because I could not really handle the lines I got, while Kasparov could, of course; but it was great fun and I enjoyed playing this way.)
The older I got the more I lost touch with current theory and modern openings in general. I did no longer follow the top players' games with the same fervour, and today I am pretty bored by the silly lines I play over and over again.
What I want to do now is: Get up to date with modern theory again and have the exciting feeling of beeing in touch with the current developments (It may hurt my practical strength for a while, but I don't really care, at my age.)
How would you go for this with the tools lichess provides? How do I find which lines are the most played nowadays?
Please give me some ideas,because I have become quite out of touch with the way younger players use the computer for openeing preparation and want to get a little bit back on track in order to make my boring chess more fun again!
When I first studied chess some 40 years ago I studied the "modern lines" and played many of them (for example, I followed Kasparov as a role model and played the King's Indian and the Sicilian Scheveninger; sometimes that was silly, because I could not really handle the lines I got, while Kasparov could, of course; but it was great fun and I enjoyed playing this way.)
The older I got the more I lost touch with current theory and modern openings in general. I did no longer follow the top players' games with the same fervour, and today I am pretty bored by the silly lines I play over and over again.
What I want to do now is: Get up to date with modern theory again and have the exciting feeling of beeing in touch with the current developments (It may hurt my practical strength for a while, but I don't really care, at my age.)
How would you go for this with the tools lichess provides? How do I find which lines are the most played nowadays?
Please give me some ideas,because I have become quite out of touch with the way younger players use the computer for openeing preparation and want to get a little bit back on track in order to make my boring chess more fun again!
