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Dec-27-07
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| patzer2: Winning double attacks like 12. Qd1  are easy after world class blunders like 11...Bd6?? (instead of 11...Qc7 =). |
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| Dec-27-07 |
| hovik2003: This shows superGMs and World Champions are also human! |
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| Dec-27-07 |
| Petrosianic: That's good to know. There are at least three World Champions I've suspected of being Martians. |
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Dec-27-07
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| ajile: lol
I would have loved to see Karpov's face after 12.Qd1. |
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| Dec-27-07 |
| Everett: *yawn* Karpov as somnambulist. |
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| Dec-27-07 |
| cyruslaihy: karpov must have cried "fork!!!" after he saw his own blunder |
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| Dec-27-07 |
| xrt999: 33 people have this as one of their favorite games. Isnt there a game where a GM sat at the board as white for an hour trying to decide which first move to play, then resigned without moving? This would be your second favorite game. In addition, I recently played my 11 year old nephew at the family Chrismas gathering. I will submit this game, I guess it will be number 3 on your list. |
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Jan-09-08
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| TigerG: How could Karpov lose such a short miniture to Christiansen. I just find this unbelievable. |
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| Feb-29-08 |
| D.Observer: Is this position really hopeless for Karpov? |
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| May-08-08 |
| analysethat: <cyruslaihy: karpov must have cried "fork!!!" after he saw his own blunder> <MaxxLange: Christiansen supposedly asked Karpov if he wanted to analyze the game after this.> lol :)
I was privileged to be in a room with Karpov in 1993, probably shortly after this game. He chose to show us this one from his recent collection. (He was in South Africa I think on a political delegation in the run up to our first democratic election). Anyway there was a room of us coming to see the games of the great Karpov one evening. He went into a long strategic discussion of the opening and the ideas behind Bd6 while we hung on his every word. He showed us the plan with 11. Qc7 and how he planned to save time with 11. Bd6 and got us caught in his strategic conception and implications behind the awkward looking move ... THEN he played the fork. (We all laughed because didn't see it. We were too busy admiring the brilliant conception of this brilliant grandmaster) Sense of humour says something about the man.
he got us good; but I think that he was also trying to show us something more ... to try to demystify some of the things that grandmasters do. BTW Earlier that day, he also came to pop in at a club tournament in the township (black ghetto) where I was playing on his way to a meeting. he didn't have time to play a game :( though I imagine he would only need a few minutes and 11 moves against me!). But he chose not to just hobnob with the rich and powerful, but came to see grassroots chessplayers in pretty poverty stricken circumstances. After that of course we filled up a car (it's amazing how many people can go in) for the evening's event on the 'other side of the railway line' who had gotten to know of this and invited him long in advance. Anyway it was interesting to see his human, off the board side. Does what you do off the board make you a great champion? (He certainly did dominate over the board for quite a long time). |
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May-08-08
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| keypusher: <analysethat>
That is a really great story about Karpov. Thanks for sharing it. |
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May-10-08
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| whiteshark: Instructive, in some way. :D
<analysethat> Simply wonderful story! |
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Jul-12-08
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| fm avari viraf: "To err is human" & Karpov just proved it that he is human spices. |
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Sep-09-08
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| SetNoEscapeOn: I'm sure people know- Loose Pieces Drop Off |
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Dec-19-08
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| PugnaciousPawn: After this blunder, Karpov went on to defeat Christiansen in this match. 11...Qb8 was the ticket to establish a grip on the f4-square. Interestingly, Karpov in fact did play 11...Qb8 in the same position in another game after this debacle, and won. |
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| Dec-25-08 |
| WhiteRook48: piece fork!! Even Karpov makes blunders!! |
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| Jan-14-09 |
| thebribri8: <fm avari viraf> Karpov is human? |
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| Jan-26-09 |
| NickAlex: Well, thebribri8, seem as though you are Shakespeare, I will quote you: "Alas, poor Karpov." |
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| Feb-06-09 |
| WhiteRook48: what does that mean? |
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| Feb-12-09 |
| bunbun: this is one of my favorites...because of xrt commentary LOL poor man, what happened to you? |
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| Feb-14-09 |
| WhiteRook48: "Loose Pieces Drop Out" |
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| Mar-27-09 |
| WhiteRook48: worst move on the board |
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Apr-12-09
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| Dmaster995: Ouch! |
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| Jun-27-09 |
| lentil: K beat C 6-1 in this match. Amusing how this 1 game becomes iconic! But then, I have simul wins against masters (and standard-control wins against 10-year-old future IMs) and they're iconic to ME! |
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| Oct-10-09 |
| GMMandetowitch: And the most funny about this kinds of blunders is that,if they are made by strong grandmasters,they say that it was an interesting idea but went wrong,but if they are made by players like us,they make jokes and tell us we are bad players.The truth is,anyone can make tactical oversights,even kramnik blundered a mate in one against the computer.This kind of moves are made mostly because of distraction,and do not show the true strength of a player.However,if someone make this errors frequently,then he has a real problem.Thats why I say,I would rather lose a game by a tactical blunder,then by a show of low strategy knowledge. |
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