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Alexander I Zakharov vs Anatoly Karpov
USSR Championship (1976), Moscow URS, rd 11, Dec-13
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation. Accelerated (E24)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)7.d5 was played in A Mengarini vs Santasiere, 1948 (1-0)better is 10.Be2 Ba6 11.O-O h6 12.f4 Na5 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nd7 = -0.15 (21 ply) ⩱ -0.67 (23 ply)better is 11.Bf4 e5 12.Be3 Ba6 13.Qa4 h6 14.Nf5 Kh8 15.Bd3 Qe8 = -0.16 (22 ply) ⩱ -0.82 (26 ply)better is 24...Nd4 25.Rbe1 Rxa3 26.Re4 Rd3 27.Re7 h6 28.Nxf7 Nf5 ⩱ -0.59 (25 ply)= 0.00 (31 ply) 36.Rxa7 Re7 37.Rxe7 Kxe7 38.Ng5 h6 39.Nxe6 Kxe6 40.Ke3 = 0.00 (35 ply) ⩱ -1.24 (27 ply) 39.Rd8 Kf6 40.Nc4 Nb5 41.Rd3 Rc7 42.a4 Rxc4 43.axb5 Rc2+ ⩱ -0.75 (28 ply) ∓ -2.01 (30 ply) 44.h4 Kb5 45.h5 gxh5 46.Rf8 Ka4 47.Rxf5 Kxa3 48.Re5 Rf7 ∓ -2.07 (30 ply)-+ -3.90 (29 ply)53.Rb8 a5 54.Kxf5 Rxg3 55.Ke6 h4 56.Rd8 h3 57.Rd1 b3 -+ -8.37 (24 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-08-17
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  offramp: Alexander Zakharov played 19. Be3.


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Karpov replied 19...Nxe4! In playing that he must have seen as far as 24...Nd2,


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and probably even as far as 28...Nxc1.


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That position, however, seems more or less level, and a little later Karpov looks to be in trouble:


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*****


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With 35...Re8 Karpov offered his a-pawn. Play could have gone 36. Rxa7 Nxf4 37. Ng5 and there would probably be a repetition. Zakharov, possibly in time trouble, may have thought there was more to be had in the position.

Eventually the knights come off and there is a rook ending on the board:


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...you don't need to be as strong as Karpov to win that.

May-11-20
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  Fusilli: <offramp> I'm not checking with a computer, but Zakharov doesn't seem to have anything better than 19.Be3 anyway. Since 19...Nxe5 is easy to spot, I would guess that Zakharov also calculated many moves deep.

Certainly 36.Rxa7 was the way to go, pretty much securing a draw against the world champion. Strange that Zakharov thought he had more. In the subsequent moves he helps Karpov improve his king considerably too, so the time trouble guess seems apt.

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