11 Apr 07
Originally posted by z00tYes stronger players are a good source of ideas. The hard part is finding one who plays the lines you do. For instance one would expect studying Weyerstrass' french games to be very rewarding. However he plays none of the lines I play.
What I would do if I was having problems in one opening is to do a search of stronger player games on that opening. I posted a game here recently where my engine played poorly vs the French in the engine room. Looking at a few GM games like Short-Korchnoi I soon realised what was wrong.