| Jul-14-03 | | KnightBlade: Why didn't Karpov play 38... f6? |
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| Jul-14-03 | | Benjamin Lau: The black rook is pinned to the king by the white queen. |
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| Jul-15-03 | | KnightBlade: Oh, I knew that :D:D:D:D |
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| Jun-25-04 | | ConLaMismaMano: Analisis by G.M. Pablo Ricardi (2553) for those who can read in spanish: Partida No 401. Merano 1981. Blancas: Korchnoi, V. Negras: Karpov, A. Ortodoxa. 1.c4 e6 2.Cc3 d5 3.d4 Ae7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Af4 c6 6.e3 Af5 7.g4! (Una idea de Botvinnik para constreñir el juego del negro en el flanco rey.) 7... Ae6 8.h3 Cf6 9.Cf3 0-0 10.Ad3 c5 11.Rf1 Cc6 12.Rg2 Tc8. (Petrosian ante Botvinnik prefirió 12...cxd4, pero tampoco solucionó los problemas de la posición y perdió la partida.) 13.Tc1 Te8 14.dxc5 Axc5 15.Cb5 Af8 16.Cfd4 Cxd4 17.Txc8 Dxc8 18.exd4 Dd7 19.Cc7 Tc8 20.Cxe6 fxe6 21.Te1 a6 22.g5 Ce4 23.Dg4. (Pero no 23.Axe4 dxe4 24.Txe4 Dd5.) 23...Ab4 24.Te2 Tf8 25.f3 Df7 26.Ae5 Cd2 27.a3 Cxf3 28.g6! hxg6 29.Ag3! (Impide el recurso de Ch4+ y pone de manifiesto el engorro en que se encuentran las piezas negras.) 29...Ae7 30.Tf2! (Todavía era pronto para 30.Axg6 Ch4+ 31.Axh4 Df1+ 32.Rh2 Axh4.) 30... Ce1+ 31.Rh2 Dxf2+ (Forzado, ya que 31...Cf3+ 32.Rh1 deja sin recursos a las negras.) 32.Axf2 Cxd3 33.Dxe6+ Tf7 34.Ag3 Cxb2 35.Dxd5 Af6 36.Ad6 g5 37.Db3 Axd4 38.De6 g6 39.De8+ Rg7 40.Ae5+ Axe5+ 41.Dxe5+ Rh7 (1-0) |
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| Sep-04-04 | | clocked: What was the clock situation when this sequence of errors was made? 27.a3?! (f4)
28.g6? (Bg3)
29... Be7? (Nh4+)
31.Kh2? (Kg1 or Kh1)
32... Nxd3? (Rxf2+) |
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Jun-29-06
 | | KingG: Korchnoi actually gave Karpov a chance to draw the game with 28.g6?, but luckily for him, it wasn't taken. The saving move was 29...Nh4+!, and then 30.Kh2(30.Qxh4 Qf3+ 31.Kh2 Qxd3  ; 30.Bxh4 Qf1+ 31.Kh2 Bd6+ 32.Bg3 Rf2+! 33.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 34.Kh1 Qxg3  ) Nf3+ 31.Kh1 Nh4 32.Qxh4 Qf3+ 33.Rg2 Qxd3 34.axb4 Rf1+ 35.Kh2 Qd1 36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.Qh4+ 1/2-1/2So instead of 29.g6?, Korchnoi should have played the immediate 29.Bg3!. The difference is after 28.Bg3 Nh4+ 29.Kh2 Nf3+ 30.Kh1 Nh4, White has 31.Bxh7+! Kxh7 32.Qxh4+ Kg6 33.Rf2  |
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| Jun-29-06 | | offramp: My favourite move in this game is 18.exd4. Most players might have recaptured with the knight, so as to blockade the d5-pawn. VK captures with the pawn so that he is still threatening Nc7. After he plays Nxe6 black would like to recapture with his queen but he can't owing to Bf5. |
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| Nov-19-06 | | s4life: <KingG The saving move was 29...Nh4+!, and then 30.Kh2(30.Qxh4 Qf3+ 31.Kh2 Qxd3 > Black is dead here as it follows 32.Qxh7#. |
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| Apr-11-08 | | Knight13: <My favourite move in this game is 18.exd4. Most players might have recaptured with the knight, so as to blockade the d5-pawn. VK captures with the pawn so that he is still threatening Nc7.> Me, I don't care about the c7 threat since it doesn't do much. And I still hold that Nxd4 is better because it places the knight on a better square, and that Nc7-xd6 in my opinion is giving up a good piece for black's worst one. |
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May-06-08
| | KingG: <s4life> <Black is dead here as it follows 32.Qxh7#.> I'm not sure what position you are talking about. I don't see any possibility of 32.Qxh7# in the analysis I posted. |
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Nov-02-08
 | | Honza Cervenka: <KingG> I guess that <s4life> have thought that you was talking about 28...Nh4+, i.e. without inserted text moves 28...hxg6 29.Bg3. Of course, with Pawn on g6 there would be a mate on h7. Btw, 28...Ne1+ seems to be playable too. |
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Jun-06-12
 | | lost in space: Seems to be not a very convincing win of VK |
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sac: 30.Rf2
