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| Mar-07-04 | | WMD: Karpov, magnanimous as ever in victory: "And my game against Kramnik. The final position is easily winning. That's why he didn't know what to do. He was trapped. He looked at the clock and saw that his flag was about to fall. Then he looked at the position, but he couldn't find a move (laughs)." |
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| Mar-07-04 | | Lawrence: WMD, no wonder he gloats a bit, he had the best score ever in the history of chess, 11 points out of 13, against the best players in the world including Gazza. His rating was 2985, a record. Linares 1994 is the feather in Karpov's cap, the absolute peak of his achievements. |
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| Mar-07-04 | | Benjamin Lau: Yes, let the old man have his glory. He deserves it. Karpov's performance in 1994 is beyond praise. His performance rating in the 1994 Linares was the highest ever achieved in a world class international tournament. All the greatest players were there- Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Shirov, Bareev, etc). Before the tournament in fact, Kasparov had said (and he probably regrets saying this now) that the winner could be rightfully called the world champion of tournaments. Perhaps spurred on by this, Karpov turned in the achievement record of his life. If anyone were to have a "fantasy tournament" incorporating players past and present, Karpov would undoubtedly be an immediate choice, along with Kasparov, Lasker, Fischer, and Capablanca IMO. |
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| Mar-07-04 | | WMD: GM Danny King analysed this game in the May 1994 Chess Monthly for his regular How Good Is Your Chess? column. A selection of his comments: 18.Be3 "This unassuming little move is Karpov's earth-shattering invention. How many night's slaving over a hot chessboard had it taken for Anatoly to discover this possibility? We can only marvel at the alchemy that changes a position previously thought to be equal into one where White has ... a miniscule advantage." 22.h3! "This quiet move emphasises the fact that it is difficult for Black to find a coherent plan in this position, and reveals the depth of Karpov's understanding." 30.Ne4 "I don't think this is the strongest continuation. If you chose 30 Nd5, take four points and proclaim yourself World Champion. The threat is Ne7+ so the knight must be taken: 30...Bxd5 31 Rxd5. Having exchanged off Black's bishop, White is able to generate dangerous threats against the opposing king." 40.Re8 "And here, Kramnik lost on time - I'm sure much to Karpov's relief, as this position is far from clear. White has a threat here: to play g6 to entrap the black king. 40...g6 would prevent it, but that alllows 41.Re7! cutting the king off, and if 41...Rb4!? 42 Rc7 Ne6 43 Rc6 Kf7 44 Ne5+ is still good for White. 40...Rb4! is better: 41 Rc8 Kf7!. The kingside pawn majority could yet prove its worth, but while White's knight is tied to the defence of the b-pawn - and while the rook is tied to defending the knight, for that matter - I think the game is more likely to end as a draw." I wonder if Karpov or another GM analysed this game for NIC, Informator or the like. |
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| Mar-08-04 | | AdrianP: <WMD> Thanks for posting those... I like Danny King's annotation to Karpov's 18th move... I'm sure that he's pretty much spot on. |
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| Mar-08-04 | | Lawrence: WMD, Karpov indeed analyzed this game, it's number 42 in "Anatoly Karpov's Best Games." What's funny about 18.Be3 is that Junior 8 doesn't show that White has any advantage at all, eval -0.7, and with 18.Nxe6 it would have been -0.27 (after a good, long, 10 min. search). J8 prefers 22.a3 to 22.h3. On move 30, Junior agrees with what Karpov did, and as for move 40, well, "It isn't over till it's over".....but it was over. As Danny King said, the position is far from clear, but what's clear is that Kramnik's flag had fallen. |
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| Mar-08-04 | | WMD: So what did Karpov think were the significant moments of the game? |
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| Mar-08-04 | | Lawrence: WMD, he gives himself an exclamation mark for 15.e5! ("this sacrifice is not new but I don't know if it's ever been played before in this position") and then for exchanging Queens 2 moves later, being a pawn down. 18.Be3! was another big moment as we've mentioned before, and he got a thrill from 22.h3! though as I mention above Junior prefers 22.a3. 22...Bf8 gets a ?! as does 30...Be8. He liked 31.Ng3! and comments "I placed great hopes in this move because the arrival of the Knight on f5 or h5 would no doubt be extremely bothersome for my opponent." Finally, he considers 39...Nf8? an error and 40.Re8! was the cat's pyjamas. (Junior says he's only a pawn up, but a fallen flag is a fallen flag.) |
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| Mar-28-04 | | Benjamin Lau: The fact that Kramniks' flag fell doesn't make this game any less significant IMO, because if Karpov had spent as much time as Kramnik had in this position, he would have played better moves to retain the advantage he had anyway, probably winning still in the process. |
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| Mar-28-04 | | niom: two boring players played another boring game - e5!! hihihihi what a genius firework; karpov should have title of "the most boring player ever" with all respect for mr kramnik "achievments" LOL |
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| Jul-07-04 | | notyetagm: Gee, a quick comparison of two 1st place Linares winners, past and present: Karpov 1994 +11 =2 -0
Kramnik 2004 +2 =10 -0 |
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| Jul-07-04 | | acirce: Clearly an astonishing achievement, it was +11 =4 -0, though. (11.0/13) |
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| Jul-19-04 | | PivotalAnorak: Gentlemen, as a matter of fact, it was +9 =4 -0 (11.0/13). Kaspy was White against Tolya in this tournament, it was a Caro-Kann that ended in a draw after a lot of suffering on Kaspy's side... |
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Sep-25-04
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Niom chess isn't all about fireworks...
e5!! doesnt conjure up images of the dashing fighter at the chess board, but chess is about a philosophy, and Karpov's philosophy is apparent in this Game. Thanks, its good to be back! |
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| Apr-21-05 | | WMD: "Karpov has beaten me in Linares - 94, in that tournament he scored 11 of 13. I had a worse ending, but there was nothing tragic about it. I was making normal moves but I do not understand why there appears a lost position. Even after the game I could not understand anything, though I was in the top ten. It was one of the few games after which I had a feeling that I`m a fool and understand nothing in chess! This is a rare thing to happen with high-level chess players, usually at least you understand the reason of a loss. This moment is difficult to describe, but there is something imperceptible, a kind of Karpov`s spirit." http://www.e3e5.com/eng/petersburg/... |
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| Apr-21-05 | | Shams: <"but there is something imperceptible, a kind of Karpov's spirit"> exactly what people said about Fischer, and yet another reason to rue the fact that those two never matched their ju-ju against each other for the title. Who had the bigger ju-ju? |
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| Apr-24-05 | | Gypsy: <GM Daniel King wrote: ... 40...Rb4! is better: 41 Rc8 Kf7!. The kingside pawn majority could yet prove its worth, but while White's knight is tied to the defence of the b-pawn - and while the rook is tied to defending the knight, for that matter - I think the game is more likely to end as a draw."> White could also try <40...Rb4 41.Ne5!?>, but Black again seems to somehow hold. Here is a thematic line: <41...Rxb2+> (41...Rxh4 may be possible but hardly better) <42.Kf3 Rb1> (not 42...a5? 43.Ne7 Kf7 44.Rxf8+ Ke7 45.Rb8 Rxb8 46.Nxb8 Kd6 47.Ke4 a4 48.Na6 g6 49.Nb4  ) <43.g6 Rf1+ 44.Ke4 Rf6 45.h5 Rf1 46.Kd5 Rf5 47.Kd6 Rf6+> (not 47...Rxh5? 47.Nc6! ) <48.Kc5 Rf5 49.Kb6 Rf6+> (again, no 49...Rxh5? 50.Nc6! ) <50.Ka5 Rd6!> -- whereas after 50...Rf1? both 51.Nd7 and 51.Nc6 should win for White, here, after the 50...Rd6!, it is hard to see how to break down the Black fortres. |
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| Jun-07-05 | | amuralid: Kramnik's respect for Karpov is obvious in his interview. He cites this game as an example of how even the elite do not have a clue as to what is going on when playing against Karpov at his best! Nice and honest of Kramnik to accept he was outplayed. |
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| Jun-08-05 | | Poisonpawns: Incredible demonstration of how to control the center with pieces only |
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| Nov-04-05 | | Queens Gambit: Kramnik coudnt "paint" here. |
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Nov-04-05
 | | lostemperor: you have to learn to draw before you can paint |
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| Nov-04-05 | | ughaibu: Perhaps you haven't heard of house painters. |
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Nov-05-05
| | lostemperor: He seems like doing housepainting often lately. But I wouldn't hire him. He's too expensive! |
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| Mar-27-06 | | notyetagm: Karpov won the Chess Informant Best Novelty Prize for 18 ♗e3! in this game. Karpov also won the Best Game Prize for his stupendous (3(!) rook sacrifices) victory over Topalov in Karpov vs Topalov, 1994. He won both prizes but for different games. Remarkable. |
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| Mar-27-06 | | square dance: karpov-topalov linares '94 is absolutely brilliant imo. its nicely annotated in 'the worlds best chess games'. maybe i'll post a bit of it someday. |
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