Boris Gelfand vs Anatoly Karpov (1995)

Boris Gelfand vs Anatoly Karpov
Sanghi Nagar IND 1995 · English Opening: King's English Variation. General (A20) · 0-1

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Aug-19-06		Brown: One can tell, after 31...Ne4, that Karpov knows how to centralize his pieces. I am most impressed by the calm, subtle (read: beyond my understanding) and complex 21...Qe7. Also 23...e4! must have been hard to see. Karpov allows his kingside pawn structure to be compromised and soon drops two pawns just so he can get in Ng5. After that, the flood gates open into white's center. Some deep understanding there.

Aug-19-06		positionalgenius: <Brown>yes Karpov is a <positionalgenius>!

Aug-19-06		Brown: Karpov is much, much more than a positional genius.

Aug-19-06		positionalgenius: <Brown>:)

Sep-11-06		Brown: <positionalgenius> burp

Nov-17-06		notyetagm: What centralization! Position after 31 ... e4: click for larger view

Nov-17-06		notyetagm: An amazing position. White has neither pawns nor minor pieces controlling the critical d4-, d3-, and e3-squares so Black occupies all three of these central squares with his heavy pieces.

Dec-17-07		sitzkrieg: Wouldn't 11 ..Bg4 be a big improvement? white cant play e3, the black knight stays on d4 and later on the bishop moves to g4 anyway.

Dec-17-07		Phony Benoni: You call that centralization? Now <THIS> is centralization: J F van der Hoeven vs F Lucas, 1989

Aug-24-08		Jim Bartle: "Go ahead, Anatoly. Group all your pieces in the center, I don�t mind."

Apr-05-11		PSC: I annotated the game here: http://patzerseescheck.blogspot.com...

Jun-09-12		Wyatt Gwyon: Very strange position indeed after 31...Ne4

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