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Garry Kasparov vs Anatoly Karpov
Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Rematch (1986), London ENG / Leningrad URS, rd 14, Sep-08
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Flohr System (C92)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 30...h5 31.Nxe5 Bb2 32.Rxa4 bxa4 33.Nc4 Qf6 34.Nbd2 Qd4 = 0.00 (34 ply) ⩲ +0.78 (30 ply)better is 37...Bc7 38.Nf2 Kf8 39.g4 Ke7 40.Nxd3 Kd6 41.Ke2 Ba5 ⩲ +1.42 (39 ply) ± +1.96 (36 ply) 42...d1=Q+ 43.Kxd1 h5 44.Kc2 Be1 45.Kd3 Ke7 46.Nd2 Bf2 ± +1.67 (43 ply) ± +2.46 (34 ply) 43...Bd4 44.Kd3 Bf2 45.exf5 gxf5 46.g4 Kd6 47.gxf5 Kxd5 ± +1.98 (34 ply)+- +4.45 (33 ply)better is 45.Nc4+ Kc5 46.Nxe5 Be1 47.Nxg6 Bg3 48.Nf8 Kd6 49.Ne6 +- +6.68 (28 ply) ± +2.30 (36 ply)better is 46.Nd2 Ke7 47.Nc4 Kf6 48.exf5 gxf5 49.g4 Bb4 50.Ne3 fxg4 ± +2.44 (37 ply) ± +1.76 (42 ply) after 46...h5 47.Nc5 Bh4 48.Nd3 fxe4 49.fxe4 Bg5 50.Nb2 Bh4 48...Kd7 49.Nb7 fxe4 50.fxe4 Bg5 51.Nc5+ Kd6 52.g4 Bh4 ± +1.84 (40 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-02-05  Knight13: I don't like the move 20... Nd3. After 21. Bxd3 cxd3 the d3 pawn is just so weak that it will lose eventually. And, you know what, it did.
Jan-23-06  NimzoKing: I think that 17...c4 lost for black here. There has to be a stronger move somewhere
Jan-23-06  Kangaroo: See Games Like Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986 for more games played by <Karpov as Black> in this system.

He believed that the pawn on <d3> was not as week and as White took it, Black would have excellent counter-chances.

May-22-07  dozewhat: I think 31...Qd6 was no good. Also notice that after move 37, all Kasparov's pawns are on light-colored squares. He only uses the King and the Knight, severely weakening the function of the dark-colored bishop.
May-22-07  darkwitch: 18.axb5 (A novelty at the time prepared by Kasparov and his team)

22.Bb2 (22.Nxb5 Ba6 23.a4 Bxb5! 24.axb5 Qa5 25.Nc4 Qb4)

24.Bxe5! (Kasparov cedes the bishop pair and allow Karpov to have a queenside passed pawn in exchange for his d pawn to become passed and a strong attack with queen and knight against Karpov's king.)

27.Rc1! (A move designed to provoke Karpov to break the co-ordination of his forces on move 28.)

28...Bxa3? (This was the start of Karpov's troubles. 28...Rxa3 29.Ng4 f6 30.Qf3 Ra6! 31.d6 Qxd6 32.Qxb5 Bxe4 33.Qc4+ Bd5 34.Nxf6+ Qxf6 35.Qxd5+ Qf7 with a slight endgame edge for white but Karpov should be able to hold easily.)

31...Qd6? (This loses but the alternatives are not so good either. 31...f6 32.d6! Qxd6 33.Qxb5 Rb4 34.Qe8!)

Apr-09-08  sallom89: black pawns got messed up too early(!)
Jan-26-09  Travis Bickle: This end game is over my head. I tryed to play the ending out and it was very difficult for me to find the winning moves. So I put it on Fritz 11 to see if their was a win and Black didnt run out of time, needless to say Fritz 11 found it. What are some really good tactical ending books that are fairly easy to understand that would help me with winning a won position like this. Thanks.
Mar-13-09  WhiteRook48: 20...Nd3 what is the knight going to do, take on the whole White army alone?
Apr-17-09  WhiteRook48: Garry who?

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