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Anatoli Karpov vs Viktor Korchnoi
Dortmund, Cat.16 1994  ·  Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation. Main Line (E12)  ·  0-1


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Dec-03-05   beatgiant: <monad>
<If Black DOES take the a6 pawn, things look even better. No? 59...Qxa6 60.Qb8 Bc8 ?> But my post suggested 59. a6 Qxa6 60. Qb8 <Qd6>, seemingly guarding all threads while offering the queen trade and threatening ...Rxe3. How does White continue in that case?

I don't see anything for White in something like 59. a6 Qxa6 60. Qb8 Qd6 61. Qe8 Rxe3 62. Qh5+ Bh6 63. Qf7+ Kh8 64. Qxb7 Rf3, etc.

Jan-13-06   shor: why did korchnoi play the move 71...Qf5?

what was it's purpose

Jan-13-06   Pawn Ambush: g4 must be protected!
Jan-13-06   shor: why must g4 be protected?

if karpov will capture on g4,
korchnoi will just check with the queen.

Jan-18-06   Pawn Ambush: Your right maybe I think it makes sense for black to try and advance his e-pawn so I think 71...was made to unpin the e-pawn Imagine this position after an exchange of queens: blacks pawn on e3 and his rook on f2 to win black must make use of that back rank mate threat!
Mar-23-06   Daodejing: Very nice win by Korchnoi over his lifetime rival.

Happy 75th birthday Viktor.

May-01-06   goldenbear: This is fantastic play by Korchnoi. I am amazed.
Jul-17-06   Inf: umm a very rare game involving 2 queens for a lil bit of time play... any more games like this one??
Jul-17-06
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  WannaBe: <Inf> Only 3 queens on the board?! That's nothing, check this out: Game Collection: Multi-queens!
Sep-04-06
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  Ulhumbrus: Korchnoi improves upon the game which he lost against Karpov in 1984 at the London Philips & Drew tournament. This game seems worth comparing with that one to see the results of the changes in Korchnoi's play over that game.
Dec-25-06
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  Peligroso Patzer: Earlier in this thread (on the first page and perhaps elsewhere) there was some discussion whether 61. f8=N+ would have been better than Karpov's 61. f8=Q. According to the following analysis presented in Zenon Franco’s recent book, Winning Chess Explained, the under-promotion should have been sufficient to draw:

61.f8=N+ Kg8 [or 61...Kh6 62.gxf4 Qf7 (if 62...Qc8 63.Qc5 Qxc5 (not 63...Rxe3?? 64.Qd6+ Kg7 65.Qe7+ Kg8 66.Ne6 ) 64.Nxg4+ Kh5 65.Nf6+ Kh6 66.Ng4+ with a draw) 63.Qb8 Rxe3 (or 63...Kg7 64.Qe5+ Kxf8 65.Nf5=) 64.Qd6+ Kg7 (not 64...Kh5?? 65.Qe5+ Kh6 66.Qg5#) 65.Ne6+ Kg6 66.Nf8+ Kg7=] 62.Nxe6 Bxe3+ 63.Kh1 Rb1 64.Qb8+ Kf7 65.Qf8+ Kxe6 66.Qe8+ Kd6 67.Qe5+ Kc6 68.Qe6+ Kc7 69.Qe5+ with a draw by perpetual check.

Jun-26-07   Timex: A lovely game. This game shows that a bishop and a rook can still be formidable.
Jul-18-07
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  technical draw: Korchy was a pretty good player. He has to be the true living legend around now.
Jul-21-07   KholdStare: Wow, now this is chess. It's rare to see two queens on the board and the game continues. It's even rarer to see the player with two queens lose.
Jul-21-07
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  SwitchingQuylthulg: <KholdStare> What's even rarer is to see a player with three queens losing: Belov vs Prohorov, 1991 :)
Oct-28-07   Whitehat1963: Probably the most difficult long game in the Guess-the-Move database.
Apr-26-08   Major Dude: Korchnoi, the strongest player never to become world champion. What a game, wow!!!!
Sep-16-08   PolishPentium: 61 f8=N+, forking King and Queen.
Worth it?
Sep-16-08   Woody Wood Pusher: OK so Karpov's 2 queens didn't help, but having beaten Korchnoi everytime it really mattered, he probably wasn't too upset.

Great game though.

Sep-16-08   JuliusCaesar: Korchnoi annotated this game in-depth for New in Chess. Fascinating stuff, as I recall, not just the move-by-move analysis but also his interesting and entertaining reflections on the game and his formidable opponent. Korchnoi, who's often scathing about other player's abilities/prospects, has nothing but respect for Karpov the chessplayer.
Sep-17-08
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  ToTheDeath: The game is also annotated in Glenn Flear's Grandmaster Chess.

<61 f8=N+, forking King and Queen. Worth it?>

Yes that's a better chance, Flear thinks it should draw. The lines are ungodly complicated but here's a sample: 61. f8=N+ Kh6 62. gxf4 Qf7 63. Qb8 Kg7 64. a6 Ba8 65. Qxa8 Rxe3 66. a7 Ra3 67. Ne6+ Qxe6 68. Qb7+ =.

Jan-02-09   WhiteRook48: wow. extra queens don't really win
Feb-23-09   WhiteRook48: Korchnoi just tears Karpov's position apart.
Feb-25-09   M.D. Wilson: A revenge for Viktor!
Oct-17-09   sac2win: lols what a game. karpov is helpless even with 2 queens!!! korchnoi gets the better of mr.anatoli...
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