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| Sep-22-09 | | holy tramp: I wonder how long Karpov deliberated before 30...Nf6. The combination is just so damn beautiful. And that was his G1 Knight(!) making the long, arduous journey to get centralized-- in order to be in position for such brilliant tactical play. Chessmetrics states that in 1994 Karpov reached the highest tournament event rating in chess history- at Linares posting a 2899!! Say what you will about chessmetrics, Karpov in '94 was a mind-blowing stud with games like this above, his "Immortal" also against Topalov of course, as well as his aforementioned tournament play. |
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Sep-22-09
 | | Open Defence: I hope he is able to bring some of this ability to the board today!!! Go Karpov!!! |
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| Apr-22-10 | | hellopolgar: <31 Be5+!!>
what? no no no, grandmasters don't play chess like that, they see quite a few moves ahead, it should be: <29. Nd5!!> |
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| May-26-11 | | Akavall: I think this is one of the most beautiful tactics I've seen. Amazing. |
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| Sep-10-11 | | swissfed: Karpov rules!!! one of the most spectacular games. |
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Sep-10-11
 | | perfidious: Karpov's finest creative achievement at Linares in one of the all-time great performances by any player. While he seemed to have only a niggling edge in this middlegame after Topalov managed to liquidate the backward d-pawn, that merely set the stage for an elegant combination. The key point of Karpov's play was that at the end, he picked up one of the loose minor pieces, as Lasker had in another masterwork: Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889. |
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| Sep-10-11 | | swissfed: Many of Karpov's intentions become understandable to his opponents only when salvation is no longer possible. ; (Mikhail Tal) |
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| Sep-10-11 | | Ladolcevita: 30.Nf6,as wonderful as the "Discovery Channel" indeed! |
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| Sep-10-11 | | alekhine101: <syracrophy> I like this game even better by Kramnik. Its a blindfold masterpiece. Kramnik vs Topalov, 2003 |
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| Dec-08-11 | | Oxnard: <WhiteRook48> You're out of your mind. <29. Nd5 !!> is the winner, and the idea becomes obvious with the very pretty <30. Nf6>. <31. Bxe5> is just a part of the forced sequence. |
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| Feb-04-12 | | Chessmaster9001: This game is just beautiful. |
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| Feb-04-12 | | King Death: Though Karpov's strength was positional chess this game proves that it's impossible to play "positionally" without tactics as part of the mix. Here's the other side of the coin where the "pure tactician" Kasparov outplays a great opponent positionally: Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1982. |
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| Jul-07-12 | | BlackSheep: Its been said before but its worth repeating , that Nf6 was really the start of something special . |
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| May-08-13 | | fetonzio: what a move |
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| Nov-03-13 | | patfoley: I saw Nf6 and Be5ch. But I thought Qf7 would follow with some material regain and/or f4ch followed by Re1ch in the offing. |
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| Nov-03-13 | | tal fan: I found 30.Nf6 K:f6 31.Be5+ K:e5 32.Q:f7 with strong but unclear attack. I put it for Fritz, and it was a pleasant surprise that it considered 32.Q:f7 much better that simple win of exchange that took place in the game) |
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| Nov-03-13 | | devere: Karpov is a master of subtly maneuvering when there's nothing obvious to do. Halfway through the game it seems that Topalov stands slightly better. Then the advantage slowly shifts to Karpov, and after 30.Nf6!! Black suddenly discovers that he is hopelessly lost. What a move! |
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| Nov-03-13 | | Blunderdome: Just unbelievable. |
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Nov-03-13
 | | LIFE Master AJ: I remembered this game, albeit somewhat faintly.
This does NOT qualify as insane, in fact, it is nowhere near it. The first move is nice ... but that is about it.
30.♘f6!, the threat is to take the rook on e8 (with check!) so Black has no time to swap Queens on f3. 30...♔x♘/f6▢; 31.Be5+!,
A double-check. (Black MUST move his King, ...Ke6??; QxQ, is not an option.) 31...♔x♗/e5▢; 32.♕x♕/e4+, KxQ/e4; 33.♖e1+, ♔-moves; 34.♖x♖/e8, forking the two Bishops and regaining a piece. If you could rate Sunday puzzles ... on a scale of one-to-ten, then this one is a two or a three. Many reasons for feeling this way, I have been doing these things regularly for something like 10 years. #1.) The combo is NOT very long.
#2.) It has NO branches, compared to other puzzles, which branch out repeatedly. #3.) The first move screams at you, Be5+ and Nf6 are the ONLY real candidate moves ... compare this to other Sunday puzzles ... I would stare at the position for many minutes, without a clue of what the first move was. I could go on, but I trust you get my point.
Of course, I remember when this game was played, I deeply admired the way that Karpov exploited his advantage. |
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| Nov-03-13 | | mathlover: Fantastic game Karpov is master of positional play. |
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Nov-03-13
 | | Richard Taylor: I solved this completely in a few minutes. Usually I spend hours and hours and get nowhere with these "Insane" ones. I saw the fork, the double check, the skewer. it was as if Karpov was following Fred Reinfeld's "Winning Chess" which I studied about 1959 or so. |
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Nov-03-13
| | Richard Taylor: < holy tramp: I wonder how long Karpov deliberated before 30...Nf6. The combination is just so damn beautiful. And that was his G1 Knight(!) making the long, arduous journey to get centralized-- in order to be in position for such brilliant ....> I agree. Karpov could play some wonderful combinations - his wins over Timman, Tal, Korchnoi etc and this one is beautiful as you say. I say could I've no doubt he may still do so. |
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Nov-03-13
 | | HeMateMe: What a clean kill. Wonderful. |
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Nov-03-13
| | Richard Taylor: < King Death: Though Karpov's strength was positional chess this game proves that it's impossible to play "positionally" without tactics as part of the mix. Here's the other side of the coin where the "pure tactician" Kasparov outplays a great opponent positionally: Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1982. > It is a question of style and of course the real strength of any GM at these levels is how they combine the aspects of chess. At their best positional ideas and tactics are always completely integrated. There are a number of games where a GM (supposedly of one style of another) plays in another style. Karpov went straight on the attack in those games he needed to win - e.g. he used the Keres attack in quite a few key games. But his "positional" games are beautiful also and Alekhine's best game against Capablanca involves an ingenious strategical idea. Then there is Petrosian's brilliant 20 move sacrificial combination. We tend to "type cast" chess players. A chess player has to play to the situation on the board and this means that often he or she is not perhaps in the position type they like. Kasparov had difficulty beating Petrosian until he decided to play like Petrosian. This was part of how he became such a great player in all aspects of chess. |
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| Nov-03-13 | | JSYantiss: I got the first two moves, but missed the follow up.... Still trying to figure out why Topalov resigned. |
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