| Feb-18-05 | | Jafar219: This game was choosen the best game of 1989. |
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| Nov-01-05 | | hayton3: Another masterpiece by Karpov. Fischer once said that "tactics flow from a superior position". This game is a living incarnation of Fischer's edict. |
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Jan-06-08
 | | DrNyet: This game is annotated by GM Zenon Franco in his book Winning Chess Explained (#34, Gambit Publications 2006). The focus is on the positional ramifications of 17.c5, giving up the d5 square. |
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| Aug-19-08 | | ToTheDeath: <17.c5> is a very daring move- Karpov correctly judged the gain of space and shutting out of Black's bishops worth giving the knight an outpost at d5. The Ba6 looks active but it hits nothing, while the dark squared bishop is limited in scope by White's pawns and White will play Be4, Ne5 to attack c6. <24.Qc3!> prepares Bf4 while preventing ...Qa5. 28...Qa8 is ugly but 28...Ne7 29.Qa5! leaves the bishop on a6 in danger. <30.Bxg5!> refutes Black's desperate trap. A direct assault on the king follows naturally. |
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| Aug-20-08 | | Woody Wood Pusher: Hey ToTheDeath how is that video collection coming along? Beautiful game, white's pieces are perfectly placed and black's are left as clumsy observers. Just watch Karpov optimise his dark bishop with Bc3-d2-f4, while black's light bishop and queen get shut out the game. The checkmate is only a few moves away at the end, black cannot prevent Rh1+, Kg5 Rh5+, Kg4 then either f3 mate or Qxf5 mate. |
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| Aug-20-08 | | ToTheDeath: It's excellent, I have to say Karpov analyzes quite differently from Kasparov- you get the impression he doesn't always look for the objectively best move but the one that will give his opponent the most headache. |
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| Aug-20-08 | | Woody Wood Pusher: That's interesting, I read something along those lines a while back actually. Karpov was a very practical player interested in making good moves efficiently, but Kasparov was always more interested in playing the 'best' move and discovering the 'truth' of the position. |
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Oct-08-08
 | | notyetagm: <ToTheDeath: <17.c5> is a very daring move- Karpov correctly judged the gain of space and shutting out of Black's bishops worth giving the knight an outpost at d5. The Ba6 looks active but it hits nothing, while the dark squared bishop is limited in scope by White's pawns and White will play Be4, Ne5 to attack c6.
<24.Qc3!> prepares Bf4 while preventing ...Qa5. 28...Qa8 is ugly but 28...Ne7 29.Qa5! leaves the bishop on a6 in danger. <30.Bxg5!> refutes Black's desperate trap. A direct assault on the king follows naturally.> Beautiful game by Karpov.
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sac: 37.Bxf5
