Anatoly Karpov vs Viktor Korchnoi (1971) French Cooking

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Anatoly Karpov vs Viktor Korchnoi
"French Cooking" (game of the day May-01-2015)
Training Match (1971), Leningrad URS, rd 6
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation. Open System Main Line (C09) · 1-0

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Given 82 times; par: 45 [what's this?]

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Dec-18-02		Patzsee: I am not a good player but I love the beauty of the game. This game of Karpov's is amazing to me. I love how Karpov puts Black's King on the run and homes in for the kill.

Oct-03-03		Honza Cervenka: Very interesting game!

Oct-03-03		SteveToyne: A prime example of exposing the King and driving it into your territory.

Oct-03-03		drukenknight: 27....QxN?

Oct-05-03		xu fei: <drukenknight> 27...Qxe4 28.Bxe4 Kxe4 29.Qxb7+ Ke5= It looks like white has nothing more than perpetual check.

Oct-05-03		tud: Hmmm... 30 Qe7+ Kf5 31 Qc5+ Ke4 32 Kd2 I prefer white. It's hard for black to double the rooks and black's king is in the middle. Anaother pawn will fall soon. Let's try Crafty...

Oct-05-03		xu fei: <tud> In your line I cannot find a way for white to win another pawn. It looks like Black can probably just defend everything and draw. I think the fact that black's king is in the center just makes black vulnerable to perpetual check, which is better than the loss that occurred in any case. Just my thoughts.

Oct-06-03		tud: White's threat is 33Qd6 How would you defend ?

Oct-06-03		xu fei: <tud> 32.Kd2 f5

Oct-07-03		tud: 33Qd6

Oct-07-03		xu fei: <tud> What is threat after 32.Kd2 f5 33.Qd6? Everything looks defended to me.

Oct-07-03		helloriker: 33 Qe7+ wins the b pawn there are 3 unprotected pawns that should be able to be won with q checks. However I think that black will be able to pick up the g and h pawn in the process. With black still maintaining threats on both sides of the board and white only having a threat on the Queen side. At best white would have a perpetual. Any tempo used to get the king into better position allows black to threaten with the rooks. Although anybody could make a mistake.

Oct-07-03		xu fei: <helloriker> In the line we are discussing the b-pawn is already gone (29.Qxb7+)

Oct-07-03		tud: Sure everything is defended. But you HAVE to move. A rook for example, to leave undefended pawn A, or another rook to let myself put a pawn on g3. and threat pawn f5. Anyway Q:e4 is good.

Aug-11-04		KingPawn: but they say that karpov for the championship cheated koronic out of it by threatning to kill his soon if he dident throw the match.

Aug-11-04		Zenchess: Kingpawn: how do you KNOW that Karpov personally threatened Korchnoi with the killing of his son? These are pretty serious charges; if you have more info, please post the link. The Soviets may have done all they could to intimidate Korchnoi when he was playing their players after he defected, but there is no evidence that Karpov personally threatened Korchnoi's son if Korchnoi didn;t throw games to him. In a CHESS article, according to Korchnoi himself, Karpov actually tried to help Korchnoi travel internationally after he fell out of favor circa 1974. Karpov did participate in the Soviet boycott of Korchnoi after he defected and Karpov states it was his own choice to participate. I can understand why after all (from his viewpoint) he did for Korchnoi before he defected.

Sep-07-04		Minor Piece Activity: Why did Korchy let Karpov checkmate him? Time trouble?

Dec-14-05		suenteus po 147: I feel bad for Korchnoi in this game. He played the whole time two rooks down.

Dec-14-05		offramp: <KingPawn: but they say that karpov for the championship cheated koronic out of it by threatning to kill his soon if he dident throw the match.> KARPOV Petrosian, we know each other for years, but this is the first time you come to me for help. I don't remember the last time you invited me to your house for coffee...even though our wives are friends. PETROSIAN What do you want of me? I'll give you anything you want, but do what I ask! KARPOV And what is that Tigran? PETROSIAN whispers into KARPOV's ear.

Apr-20-06		notyetagm: What a great king hunt by Karpov.

Apr-20-06		AlexandraThess: If the players' names were hidden i would have thought that this is a game between Bronshtein /white/ and Botvinnik /black/.

Apr-20-06		EmperorAtahualpa: <AlexandraThess> I get the Bronstein part, but why Botvinnik playing Black?

Apr-20-06		AlexandraThess: <EmperorAtahualpa> Just because Botvinnik has played many games in French!:)

Apr-20-06		EmperorAtahualpa: <AlexandraThess> Actually, I think both played a little like Bronstein. 15...Qxf2 was also a move that shows that Black was willing to open up the game and create an unbalanced position!

May-01-06		offramp: How would white have won if Kortschnoi had played 29...Kf5?

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