Jan Timman vs Anatoly Karpov (1993)

Jan Timman vs Anatoly Karpov
Karpov-Timman FIDE World Championship (1993) · Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Van der Wiel Attack Bishop Hunt (B12) · 1/2-1/2

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Mar-05-05		dragon40: According to commentators and annotators of this game, Karpov's 18th move (given with a "?" in the source book quoted below) 18...Nxg4) was a mistake; he should have continued 18...d3, and if 19. Bf4, Qa4!; 20. cxd3, Qxd1; 21. Bxd1, Ke7 (given by Karpov himself) or 19. cxd3, Hxg4; 20. Qxg4, Ne5 and 21...Qxd3 given by Adianto) with White only having a small advantage. Also, Karpov's 21st move was also dubious (given a unanimous ?! by all commentators/annotators) they claim <Timman could now have gotten a big advantage by 22. Bf4, Kd7; 23. Ng5!, Rae8; 24. Rad1, Kc6; 25. Rhe1, intending Re4 and Rde1. so objectively speaking it would have been better to accept the slightly inferior endgame with 21...Nxc4; 22. b3.> This is directly from "The Caro-Kann Advance" by Byron Jacobs, quite an excellent source book if you play or defend the Advance Caro! :)

Aug-07-09		returnoftheking: from NIC 1993, #7: 7..h5!? this was a case of Karpov challenging Timman's team since it is known that the Seirawan Timman match employed this move on a number of occasions. 10. Ne2! This keeps the game afire. If Bd3 cxd4 Bg6 Kd7 Ne2 Ne5 12.Bh3! Ne6 could be answered by Qd7 (not Qb6?) 13 ..N7c6 A karpovian move which cost him 20 minutes. hxg4 wasn't bad either. 17. Kg2! Best move. 18..Ng4 see dragon's comments. 20. Be3? Throws away the win. Bf4 would result in a probably won position, see above.

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