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Alexander Beliavsky vs Anatoly Karpov
USSR Championship (1973), Moscow URS, rd 4, Oct-06
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Gligoric System Exchange at c4 (E54)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)13.Rfd1 was played in Jobava vs M Kravtsiv, 2013 (1-0) 13...h6 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.d5 exd5 17.Bxd5 = 0.00 (21 ply)better is 14.Nb5 Qb8 15.a3 a6 16.axb4 axb5 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Bxb5 ⩲ +1.01 (23 ply)= +0.28 (23 ply)better is 17...Nxe5 18.fxe5 a6 19.exf6 Qxg5 20.fxg7 Kxg7 21.Bxa6 = +0.02 (27 ply) ⩲ +0.70 (23 ply)better is 19.Qe3 Nxe5 20.fxe5 Ne4 21.Bh4 h6 22.Rf1 a6 23.Ba4 g5 ⩲ +0.82 (23 ply)better is 19...Nxe5 20.fxe5 Ne4 21.Bh4 g5 22.Be1 f5 23.Bb3 Qg7 = +0.20 (22 ply) ⩲ +0.93 (21 ply)better is 20...h6 21.Bh4 b5 22.c5 Nd5 23.Rf1 Rfe8 24.Be4 Nxe5 ⩲ +0.77 (24 ply) ⩲ +1.40 (21 ply) after 21.Bh6 Rfd8 22.Bg5 Rf8 23.Qe3 Nh5 24.Ba4 Nxe5 25.fxe5 b5 better is 22.Bh4 Nh5 23.Ba4 Ndf6 24.Bb3 Ne4 25.d5 f6 26.Qxe4 fxe5 ⩲ +1.35 (19 ply) ⩲ +0.85 (23 ply)better is 23...Kh7 24.Qe3 Kg7 25.Be1 Rfd8 26.Bd2 Kg8 27.Nxd7 Rxd7 ⩲ +1.26 (22 ply) ± +1.92 (23 ply)better is 28.Nxd7 Nxd7 29.Bc6 e5 30.Qc3 f6 31.fxe5 Nxe5 32.Bf2 Qc7 ± +1.86 (21 ply) ⩲ +1.34 (24 ply) 29.Nc6 Re8 30.Nd8 Qb6+ 31.Kh1 Rxd8 32.Rb1 Qc7 33.d6 Qxd6 ± +1.86 (22 ply) ⩲ +0.54 (24 ply)better is 32.Nd6 Rxf4 33.Bg3 Rf8 34.a4 Kf6 35.Rc6 Ra8 36.Be1 Bd3 ⩲ +0.60 (25 ply)= -0.06 (30 ply)better is 44.Bd6 Rb2 45.Rh7 Rb6 46.Be7+ Kg6 47.Rh8 e5 48.Rd8 Rb3+ = -0.14 (24 ply) ⩱ -0.64 (26 ply) 45.Bd6 Ra4 46.Rh7 Ra8 47.Kf2 Kg6 48.Rc7 Ra6 49.Be7 Ra2+ = -0.37 (27 ply) ⩱ -1.27 (32 ply) 62.Rb6+ Kf7 63.Rb7+ Ke6 64.Rb5 Rg2 65.Rc5 Kf6 66.Rc6+ ⩱ -0.57 (37 ply) ∓ -1.69 (32 ply)better is 64.Rb7+ Ke6 65.Rb6+ Kd5 66.Rd6+ Kc4 67.Rc6+ Kd3 68.Bf4 ⩱ -1.06 (33 ply) ∓ -1.81 (42 ply) 68.Rd6 Rb5+ 69.Kf4 e2 70.Re6+ Kd7 71.Re5 Rb4+ 72.Kf5 Rb1 ∓ -2.15 (46 ply)-+ -5.90 (36 ply) 70.Rf7+ Kg8 71.Rf5 Bb7 72.Rg5+ Kh7 73.Be1 Rb1 74.Bc3 -+ -6.10 (28 ply)-+ -47.50 (29 ply)73.Rxf7+ Rxf7 74.Kh6 Rf1 75.Kg5 g3 76.Bxg3 Rg1 77.Kf4 -+ mate-in-130-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-13-04
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  Benzol: White might have missed a win here. Instead of 28.♗xd7 perhaps he should have played 28.♘xd7 ♗xd7 29.♗xf6+ ♔xf6 30.♗xd7 ♕xd7 31.♕e5+ ♔e7 32.♖c7 winning the Queen.
Apr-13-04  acirce: And if Black plays 28...Nxd7?
Apr-13-04
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  Benzol: 28...♘xd7 29.dxe6 fxe6 (29...♕xe6 30.♕xe6 fxe6 31.♖c7) 30.♖d1 followed by 31.♕xe6 with two pawns plus.
Apr-13-04
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  Honza Cervenka: <Benzol> After 28.Nxd7 Nxd7 29.dxe6 black can play also 29...Qd4+ 30.Bf2 Qxa4 31.exd7 Bxd7 etc. White has only one plus pawn there and bishops of opposite colours give some drawish chances to black. It does not seem to be much different from the continuation in text.
Apr-13-04
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  Benzol: Thanks <Honza> I overlooked 29...♕d4+. After 30.♗f2 ♕xa4 can White play 31.e7 ♖e8 32.♖xc8?
Apr-14-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Honza Cervenka: <Benzol> I think so. 31.e7 Re8 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.e8=Q Rxe8 34.Qxe8 Qxf4 (34...Qxa2?? 35.Bd4+ ) 35.Qe3 is a better ending for white thanks to passed a-Pawn.
Apr-14-04
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  Benzol: <Honza> So Beliavsky did miss a win then?
Apr-14-04
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  Honza Cervenka: I don't know whether that ending is won or not. I think that then black would have avoided the exchange of Queens playing for example 35...Qf5 and it still does not look like an elementary win for white.
Dec-15-15  okiesooner: Could White have at least held a draw with 35. Rd2? Black can win the a-Pawn, but as long as the White Rook is on the second rank Black will be forced to exchange Rooks in order to win that Pawn. This would lead to an endgame with opposite-colored Bishops in which each side has three Kingside Pawns.
Dec-15-15  cunctatorg: "I know only of two players who play better at the endgame that they do in the opening and the middlegame, Karpov and Carlsen..." Alexander Beliavsky

Here Karpov defended himself brilliantly at the middlegame but "only Beliavsky etc" is able to explain how Karpov came victorious at the end of the day!!...

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