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Anatoly Karpov vs Gerard Nueesch
World Champions Simultaneous Exhibition (2009) (exhibition), Zurich, Aug-22
Benoni Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Hastings Defense Main Line (A64)  ·  0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-27-09  popski: Ain't easy to beat Karpov, even on simultaneous... 22...Rxe2 is a nice little combination!
Aug-27-09  minasina: How can it be possible that they don't know his/her name? The game was almost yesterday! Didn't anybody ask the name of that person who won Karpov?
Aug-27-09  mohitm: How could Karpov fall for Rxe2? Should've seen that, even if it was simul
Aug-27-09  vanytchouck: NN is in fact Gérard Nüesch who is around 2300.
May-08-10  libertyjack: I don't really understand 18.b4 ?
Congratulations to NN, great game!
Dec-18-11  Dredge Rivers: Who was that masked man?
Mar-13-13  thegoldenband: <vanytchouck: NN is in fact Gérard Nüesch who is around 2300.>

ChessBase has a PGN file containing this game, which confirms vanytchouck's attribution of the Black pieces to Gérard Nüesch:

http://de.chessbase.com/portals/3/f...

Jun-12-25
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  GrahamClayton: In August 2009, Zurich hosted a simultaneous exhibition featuring eight World Chess Champions. The event took place at Zurich Main Station and involved 200 amateur players facing off against Viswanathan Anand, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Viktor Korchnoi, Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Spassky, Ruslan Ponomariov, and Veselin Topalov. Each champion played 25 games simultaneously, commemorating the 200-year anniversary of the Schachgesellschaft Zürich.

7 World Champions - Korchnoi was a losing WC finalist.

Of the 200 games played, the champions finished with a combined score of +161, -4, =39.

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