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Aug-28-08
 | | GrahamClayton: One of the most impressive rook maneuvres in international chess. Karpov makes 7 moves with his rook between move 22 and move 30. The "Informant" chose this game as the "Best Achievement" of 1971. |
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Sep-03-08
| | GrahamClayton: Source: "Batsford Book of Chess Records", Yakov Damsky, Batsford, 2005 |
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| Sep-07-08 | | Woody Wood Pusher: Could somebody please post a computer analysis of the final position, I'm having some difficulty finding the best play for white but if the evaluation is +2 like you say I must be missing something... |
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| Sep-07-08 | | Woody Wood Pusher: 33...Kf8 34. h6, Qxa2 35 h7, Qa4+ 36 Kb1, Re8 37. Re3, Qc6 38. Bf3, Qb5 39. Bh5, Qc4 40. h8!, Bxh8 41. Qh6+, Bg7 42. Qxd6+, Kg8 42. Rxe8+ + - Anybody got a computer to check that with, I feel I am missing a quicker win. |
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| Sep-07-08 | | clocked: <WWP> and your feelings about missing a better defense? 34...Qxa2? Also, 33...Rd8 should be considered |
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| Sep-07-08 | | Woody Wood Pusher: <clocked> Yes I saw those moves but IMO I played the best line I could find, I'm just requesting computer analysis I don't claim I have FOUND the best line, that is what I am asking for! |
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| Aug-21-10 | | Ulhumbrus: On 27...0-0-0 I suggest that 28 Be3 threatens the skewer 29 Bd4 |
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| Oct-04-10 | | HOTDOG: 27.Rf3 is a blunder according to Rybka, after 27...0-0-0 (and if 28.Bf4 so 28...Qxh5!) Black is ok |
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| Jan-09-11 | | Salaskan: At move 20 Black already has the worse pawn structure, less space and conceded the bishop pair. Was this all necessary to avoid a white pawn storm in the opening? It seems he misplayed somewhere and Karpovs technical punishing of it is indeed nice, but I think the game was more or less decided before all the rook moves. |
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| Mar-28-12 | | DrGridlock: <Hotdog> suggests a computer analysis that finds new moves in this position. John Watson analyzed this position in 1998 in his book, "Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy." Watson gives 27 Rf3 an "!" with the analysis: "Incredible! This rook is a monster! Now 28 Bf4 is threatened, and 27 ... o-o-o; 28 Bf4 Qxd5; 29 Rd3 Qh1; 30 Kc2! Qxh1; 31 Bg4+ Kb8; 32 Rxd6 Rxd6; 33 Qxd6 followed by 34 Qxf6 wins for White. So Black tries the other capture." Watson overlooked Black's continuation at move 28 ... Qxh5. Komodo scores White's options at move 27 (depth = 21) as: 
click for larger viewAnalysis by Komodo32 3 32bit:
1. ± (1.01): 27.Rf2 Rc8 28.Bf4 Qxd5 29.Qxd5 Nxd5 30.Bd2 Bg7 31.Bf3 Rc5 32.Rg2 Kf8 33.Rg5 Nf6 34.Rxc5 dxc5 35.Kc2 b6 36.Rh1 Bh6 37.Be1 Bf4 38.Bh4 Rh6 39.Bf2 Kg7 40.Rg1+ Kh7 2. ² (0.62): 27.Ra4 Qf5 28.Qf4 Qxd5+ 29.Kc2 Be5 30.Qd2 Qe6 31.Bg5 Qf5+ 32.Kb3 Qe6+ 33.Ka3 d5 34.h6 Qd6+ 35.Kb3 0-0-0 36.Bf3 Kb8 37.Re1 f6 38.Be3 f5 39.Kc2 Qc6 40.Rb4 Rhg8 3. ² (0.59): 27.Rf1 Rxh6 28.Qxh6 Nf5 29.Rxf5 Qxf5 30.Qe3+ Kf8 31.Qf3 Qxf3 32.Bxf3 Re8 33.Kc2 Kg7 34.Bg4 Bg5 35.Rf1 Re7 36.Kb3 Kh6 37.Bd1 b5 38.Bg4 a5 39.Bd1 f6 40.Bg4 a4+ 41.Kc2 4. ² (0.31): 27.Rf3 0-0-0 28.Bf4 Qxh5 29.Kc2 Qxd5 30.Qxd5 Nxd5 31.Bg3 Be5 32.Bc4 Nc7 33.Bf2 d5 34.Bd3 d4 35.Rxf7 dxc3 36.bxc3 Nb5 37.Bxb5 axb5 38.Re1 Bd6 39.Bb6 Rdf8 40.Ref1 Rh2+ 41.Kb3 Rxf7 42.Rxf7 Chess is difficult to play over the board, and even grandmaster and master analyses can overlook positional features a computer finds. The key positional feature of move 27 is that the rook belongs on f2 instead of f3, since on f3 it blocks White's bishop's protection of the pawn on h5. It's surprising that neither Hort, nor Karpov, nor Watson found this for over 30 years. |
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| Mar-28-12 | | SimonWebbsTiger: @<DrGridlock>
One guess who did mention it!
27. Rf3?
<The rook displays miracles of manoeuvrability, creating or, on the other hand, parrying one threat after the other. But it is still working in isolation, and the undefended state of White's queenside demands extreme accuracy of him! By leaving his h-pawn undefended for an instant, he throws away his advantage.Meanwhile - a fact not mentioned by the commentators! - the rook had some better moves: 27. Rf1, 27. Rf2 or even the extravagant 27. Ra4....> Garry Kasparov "On My Great Predecessors" Part V.
Garry quotes Mark Dvoretsky's 27...0-0-0!, btw. |
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| Aug-19-14 | | Chessman1504: I suppose this game goes to show that the stylistic differences between the world champions are greatly exaggerated. Any great player can do what the board calls for. This is more convincing proof. |
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Nov-26-14
 | | Check It Out: Bounced here from the Karpov discussion on the Carlsen-Anand II rematch forum. Good stuff! |
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| Mar-10-15 | | get Reti: In Karpov's book "Anatoly Karpov's Best Games", it says that 8.f4, followed by 9. Be3 was played instead of the other way around, as it is in this database. |
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| Mar-10-15 | | Retireborn: I believe that 8.Be3 and 9.f4 is the authentic move order of this game. Karpov was intending to answer 27...0-0-0 with 28.Rd3 which keeps the extra pawn, but Houdini indicates Black has good compensation after 28...R(either)g8. 27.Rf2! is stronger as then if 27...0-0-0 28.Bf4 |
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| Apr-08-15 | | Pedro Fernandez: An interesting move had been 14.Qg2!?, because of its aggressiveness, IMO. Notice that already black casting is not viable, but also queen castling is quite dangerous. Hort was sentenced at this early time. |
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| Apr-08-15 | | Pedro Fernandez: In 24... Hort didn't play the sac of "calidad" 24...Rxh6 as the h-pawn is really dangerous. I bet Hort thought in that possibility since the couple of white bishops are so powerful. |
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| Apr-08-15 | | Pedro Fernandez: To be honest, following the game, I didn't know Hort did it on move 28...Rxh6. |
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Jan-03-16
 | | piltdown man: Not as good as my pun from a few years ago.
Spassky vs Hort, 1977 |
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| Jan-03-16 | | morfishine: Thats just great, do we really need yet another excruciating play-on-word using 'Hort'? Enough already Really
<piltdown man> Sorry, yours sucked too ***** |
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| Jan-03-16 | | thegoodanarchist: I love these games played before the invention of castling. |
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| Jan-03-16 | | Sularus: <pilt> yep, yours is better. |
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| Jan-03-16 | | Sularus: <TGA> :D |
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| Jan-03-16 | | mike1: Hort played so many insane (and winning) games himself.... Would be nice to see some of these as GOTD as well. Vlastimil deserves it! |
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Jan-03-16
 | | Penguincw: When I saw this pun, I was wondering, is there a double meaning to this pun? The first meaning should be pretty obvious, but what about another meaning? Like, was someone physically, emotionally or financially hurt from this game or relating to it? Did this game hurt someone's chances from achieving success in the tournament? Is there a 2nd meaning? |
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