| Oct-08-03 | | ughaibu: Another early game for Karpov critics. |
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| Jan-25-05 | | GufeldStudent: Somehow 12...Qc7 seems wrong to me. Why is it necessary? Perhaps a5 or Bg4. The first has the idea of playing a4, getting rid of the isolated pawn, and if Na4 Rxa4 (perhaps Ba6 can be played at times). The second just develops with tempo |
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| Jan-25-05 | | Rama: Karpov makes 47 moves, 10 of them with his Queen! The way I saw it, GufeldS, after Kh1 white was threatening the advance of his f-pawn; Qc7 guards against this by supporting e5. Na4 and Rae1 add to the pressure on e5 by opening the Bishop and occupying the file. But then he changes his mind and plays on the Q-side. |
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Sep-15-05
 | | perfidious: One thing should be borne in mind: this was played in the relatively early days of 6....Qb6, another contribution to theory by Pal Benko. The type of central pawn position c6/d6/e5 after Black's 11th can arise from the Taimanov/Kan(Paulsen) lines in which Black has recaptured ....bxc6; Black often must play a waiting game, anticipating White's active possibilities rather than undertaking anything positive himself, though if White overplays his hand, as in most cases in the open Sicilian, the over-aggression can rebound with disastrous consequences. |
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| Sep-15-05 | | Runemaster: At move 35, Karpov has an attractive lineup of pieces on the 'b' file. I think his most famous example of such an arrangement was on the 'a' file more than 10 years later, so it took him a long time to learn to get his pieces another file to the left. |
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| Sep-15-05 | | who: which game are you talking about? |
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| Sep-15-05 | | Runemaster: Kasparov vs Karpov, 1984 <who> Position after Black's twentieth move. |
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| Sep-15-05 | | who: Very cool!!! |
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Mar-29-08
 | | outplayer: The game is slow because the attack is in the queenside. It is difficult to guess the queen moves. The knight stays a very long time at a4 and then jumps to c5-b7-d8-f7; it is an amazing manoeuvre. |
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| Jul-03-08 | | Woody Wood Pusher: I spent the whole game wondering when the f pawn would advance and it never did! Stein chases Karpov's queen all over the place and although it draws out the game, ultimately it does more damage to his own position than Karpov's so it seems a pretty weak idea. |
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| Feb-20-09 | | M.D. Wilson: This is a fantastic game. Stein was a great player, but Karpov really shows his stuff here: active prophylaxis. |
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| Jun-02-11 | | Everett: More restriction from Karpov, ending with the immobilization and destruction of Bc8. Moves 43.g3 (luft, limiting black's N) and 44.Rc1 end the game. |
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| Feb-22-13 | | Everett: Some of these early Karpov Sicilian's resemble Adam's best games. It is interesting to note that Karpov almost never played any open Sicilians before 1971, preferring the Closed and Bb5(+) lines, presumably to stay out of theory and get a playable game. IMHO, this move to the Open Sicilian, and an inability or unwillingness to switch back to his older preferences when meeting Kasparov's Schveningen, is curious. I wonder if he ever considered going back to these old lines where he seemed to feel so at home. |
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Feb-22-13
 | | keypusher: <Everett> Interesting observation. Once he switched to the open lines around 1971 he did OK! Repertoire Explorer: Anatoly Karpov (white) But not, as you point out, against Kasparov. I suspect Karpov just didn't believe that the closed lines and Rossolimos were as good as 3.d4. I wonder if he wrote about the switch to open Sicilians in any of his books. |
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| Feb-22-13 | | Everett: <keypusher: <Everett> Interesting observation. Once he switched to the open lines around 1971 he did OK! Repertoire Explorer: Anatoly Karpov (white)
<But not, as you point out, against Kasparov. I suspect Karpov just didn't believe that the closed lines and Rossolimos were as good as 3.d4.> > You are likely right. Seems the Alapin, Rosso, and Closed were more his speed, though. Perhaps his "handlers" didn't think it best? |
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