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Lubomir Kavalek vs Anatoli Karpov
10, Caracas 1970  ·  Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Chigorin Defense (C98)  ·  1-0


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Aug-25-03
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  Honza Cervenka: Chessgames.com, I think that this is not an actual game, but a line which could have happened in the game Kavalek vs Karpov, 1970 after Karpov's 22...Nc5. If I am right, then Kavalek missed beautiful 23.Nxg7!! playing 23.Red1. Nevertheless he finally won the game, but it was much longer.
Aug-25-03   Jonber: <Honza Cervenka> I believe you are right in the assumption that the above is an unplayed variation of the game you mentioned. Further more, I think it’s a secondary line, that is, a line showing what would happened if Black makes the wrong recapture in an effort to hold on to the knight on d5. The correct recapture would off course have been::

23.Nxg7! Qxg7 24.Bxc5

Aug-25-03   Jonber: After a closer look at the above line it reveals another flaw: I believe it would be better for Black to give up the queen rather then take the bishop:

23…Kxg7 24.Bh6+ Kg8 25.Bxf8 Rxf8

Taking the bishop probably leads to mate.

Aug-25-03   Jonber: Yep, taking the bishop leads to mate:

24...Kxh6 25.Qf6+ Kh5 26.g4+ Bxg4 27.hxg4+ Kxg4 28.Re3 Rd3 29.Bxd3 Nxd3 30.Rg3+ Kh5 31.Qg5#

Nov-30-03   Alchemist: This game is in the book "Reassess Your Chess" and according to Silman the game is genuine. I don't see why it would be published as such in such a major work if it were not.

Nxg7!

Nov-30-03   Spitecheck: chessgames.com Honza et al. are right, apparently Kavalek saw the move Nxg7 right after he took his hand of the Rook (he played Red1? in the actual game), this game is merely something that might have happened. Kavalek amd Karpov both annotate this game in The Complete Games of World Champion Anatoly Karpov, fascinating stuff.

Spitecheck

Nov-30-03
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  Benzol: <Honza> You're quite right. The Games Of Anatoly Karpov has Kavalek playing 23.Re-d1 and winning in 59 moves. <Jonber;Alchemist> The notes given in the book to the game are by Kavalek. "I just picked my rook without looking at the position, and when I had the rook in my hand I saw the combination 23.NxP! KxN(23...QxN;24.BxN);24.B-R6+! KxB;25.Q-B6+ K-R4;26.P-KN4+ BxP;27.PxB+ KxP;28.R-K3 and mate".
Nov-30-03   Spitecheck: Considering it's more interesting than the game LOL, perhaps somebody should pin the analyis to the other one. I might get around to it later.

Spitecheck

Nov-30-03   Spitecheck: 18. N3h4!
19. Nxe7!
22...Nc5?
black should have played 22...f6
23. Red1?
23. Nxg7! Kxg7 24. Bh6+! Kxh6 25. Qf6+ Kh5 26. g4+ Bxg4 27. hg+ Kxg4 28. Re3++

If 29...Qf8 30. Nd6 Bh5 31. Nxe8!! Bxd1 32. Bxd1 Nc6 33. Ra8

Analysis by Kavalek (and Karpov)

Spitecheck

Aug-09-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: A fine game by the <player of the Day>

I like it that he put both rooks one after another on d6.


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