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Anatoli Karpov vs Gyula Sax
03, Linares 1983  ·  Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation. Keres Attack (B81)  ·  1-0


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Oct-08-03   Diggitydawg: <AdrianP, Benzol> I'm not sure exactly when he got the title but noticed it, when reading this interesting article of his regarding eliminating the draw offer: http://www.gmsquare.com/dvoretskydr...
Oct-08-03
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  Benzol: <Diggitydawg> Thanks mate.
Oct-09-03
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  AdrianP: <Diggitydawg> <Benzol> FIDE seem to be unaware that he has got a GM title http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph...
Oct-09-03   Diggitydawg: <AdrianP, Benzol> Wow, that is confusing. When Benzol originally asked the question, I went on FIDE's site to confirm but could not find him because of the spelling.
Oct-09-03   PVS: How about 18...Qc7?
Oct-10-03
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  Benzol: This game reminds me of an earlier one:

Karpov vs Dorfman, 1976

Jul-17-04
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  LIFE Master AJ: A truly amazing game ... I am thinking about annotating it for one of my websites.
Jul-27-04
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  LIFE Master AJ: I am no longer thinking ... I have actually begun annotating this game. I wonder how many good sources (books) have actually annotated this contest? Does anyone know? Any suggestions?
Sep-25-04
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  LIFE Master AJ: Black resigns because of the threat of Qd4+, followed by Bb3#. (A friend asked why Black resigned.)
Nov-06-04
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  LIFE Master AJ: I now have this game on my website.
(http://www.lifemasteraj.com/great_c...)

Please be sure to tell me what you think.

Nov-06-04
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  LIFE Master AJ: I have a good friend who is an Italian, we played a postal game about 25 years ago. (He is/was an officer of FIDE now for about 30 years.)

I wrote him, he told me that Dvoretsky does NOT have the GM title! (According to copies of official FIDE records.) And according to the 'blurb' on the back of several of his books, he is only an IM. (See the volume, "Positional Play," by Dvoretsky and Yusupov.)

Nov-10-04
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  LIFE Master AJ: This is not to say that I don't think he is a very good player. (I received several e-mails about this.) He is an honored trainer, perhaps the best the Soviet Union ever produced.

I am sure he is a great guy and a very strong player. I was just noting the fact that, according to official records, he does not have the GM title.

Nov-16-04   offramp: <LIFE Master AJ:> [Diagram?]
Nov-16-04
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  LIFE Master AJ: <offramp> What? You want me to draw you a picture?
Oct-19-05   hayton3: A real cracker by Karpov. How devilish is 35.Re7!!
Jan-06-06
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  refutor: <lifemasterAJ> karpov's "Chess at the Top 1979-1984" has this game annotatd by Karpov
Feb-23-07   AAAAron: This game is analyzed in detail at http://www.lifemasteraj.com/great_c...
Feb-23-07   AAAAron: What an awesome, game!!!! The article I referenced in the post above, gives a really good insight into how "special" this game truly is!
Feb-27-07   AAAAron: I guess I'm the only one who LOVES this game. Does anyone else love it? <anyone><Bueller>
Jan-25-08   Jim Bartle: I wouldn't have thought of Rd5 in a hundred years. One of the highest-rated games ever in Informant.
Jan-26-08   RookFile: Yes, this game is amazing play by Karpov, and he shows his excellence at attacking and middlegame tactics.
May-15-08   MartinII: This game was very important for Karpov as both players are leading the tourn until this round.

This game was analysed and commented by Karpov himself with audio in my very old Chessmaster5000Turbo. IMWaitzkin replaced Karpov in the later release of CM softwares. I bought that software way back 1999. Now collecting dust in my cupboard.

Jan-22-09
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  positionalgenius: amazing game .
Jan-22-09
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  arsen387: rarely you can see games of such beauty, astonishing!
Dec-14-09
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  Phony Benoni: I like the little "hiccups" that pop up a couple of times, like this one:


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If White plays 31.Bxb5+ immediately, Black can at least try 31...Re6 blocking the file. So White loses a move with 31.Bc4+, but moves Black's king to a worse square which rules out ...Re6 indefinitely.

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