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| Apr-11-08 | | Knight13: <Lawrence: Korchnoi thought 54 minutes before playing 13...Be7.> That's because he got killed after playing that move in Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1981. <Fast Gun: Karpov played 1.e4 against his great rival, not sure why he refrained from doing this, not only against Korchnoi, but against all other GM's who he played: When you consider that during the 1980's AK was virtually unbeateable with e4 openings !!> Maybe he just wanted to keep it that way! :-D |
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| Jun-10-08 | | Helios727: <Lawrence> If 18... Rad8, then 19. f5 and how does black save the knight? |
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| Sep-26-08 | | Woody Wood Pusher: After move 31..gxf6 black has an extra pawn, but his position is completely hopeless, white controls the 7th rank, his knight is better and black has a pile of weaknesses. Classic Karpov! |
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| Oct-30-09 | | TheMacMan: im starting to agree with fischer that these silly games were all prearranged, maybe not every move, but definitely the results |
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| Nov-24-09 | | M.D. Wilson: Pull the other one, TheMacMan! |
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Aug-27-11
 | | oleander8: oleander8: who can help?
What about karpov-korchnoi ,if it would happen 12. cxd4 - Nexd4 and not Ncxd4 as in 1981? |
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May-29-13
 | | LIFE Master AJ: See also: Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1981. |
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| Aug-06-15 | | thegoodanarchist: This was the conclusion of The Massacre in Merano. |
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| Aug-06-15 | | Howard: It was also one of the five best games of the second half of 1981, according to the Informant. |
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| Aug-06-15 | | thegoodanarchist: <Howard: It was also one of the five best games of the second half of 1981, according to the Informant.> And it should have been GOTD long ago. I submitted it for consideration, with the title <The Massacre in Merano>. |
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| Aug-06-15 | | Howard: Personally, I still remember looking at the New York Times the day after the game was adjourned, and the late Robert Byrne (who covered the match for the NYT) stated that Korchnoi's position was so hopeless, it was predicted he probably wouldn't even bother to resume the game. Sure enough, he resigned the next morning without bothering to show up for the resumption. Karpov thus was given another three years as champion. |
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| Oct-15-15 | | Macbeth: after Fischer going out of the picture, no one could get even close to Karpov. Chess world was deprived a great duel among equal forces, like Capa-Alekhine or Karpov-Kasparov |
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| Oct-18-17 | | Howard: Looked up this game last night in a couple of books of mine, and noticed a strange inconsistency. Kasparov's MGP gives an exclamation point to 27.h3! and implies that Korchnoi was probably lost at that point... ...but then Karpov's Strategic Wins (Part 1) gives a question mark to that move, and states that 27.Bf4 would have been better. What gives ? |
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| Oct-18-17 | | SChesshevsky: Interesting that the Strategic Wins book panned the seemingly more strategic 27. h3 which looks like it stops any Ng4 complications cold. Then Karpov can concentrate on the a file plus frustrate a passive Korchnoi. 27. Bf4 is probably better and more forcing but might not fit in with the a file plan. And seemingly not necessary from both Karpov's and Kasparov's view. Is the Karpov strategic book by Tibor? I have his Karpov endgame book and it's OK but seems to use too much computer lines versus principles. What's your take on the strategic book(s)? |
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| Oct-18-17 | | Howard: My take on the first volume of Karpov's Strategic Wins is that it's very well. As for the second one, I don't have that one, mainly because a lot of the games are from post-1990 when Karpov was clearly in decline. |
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| Oct-18-17 | | RookFile: A Karpov in decline still has plenty to teach the rest of us. |
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| Oct-19-17 | | paavoh: <A Karpov in decline still has plenty to teach the rest of us.> Hear, hear! |
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| Oct-19-17 | | Howard: Yes, I'll concede that point. However, I've browsed through Volume 2 a few times at bookstores, and it didn't impress me much. To be fair, the first volume included a number of games from the 1960's, including several from 1961-1965! In other words, the Karpov of (say) 1992 was undoubtedly much, much stronger than the Karpov of 1965 (when he turned 14!), so one can argue that Volume 1 probably shouldn't have bothered to include games from that early on !! |
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| Dec-27-18 | | Howard: This Karpov classic has Petrosian's name all over it. |
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| Oct-29-20 | | fisayo123: This could have been the most lopsided match of all time. Karpov despite an extremely dominating score let some wins slip to draws. Karpov was a perfect chess player but stamina was always his problem. He let Korchnoi come back in 74 and 78. He let Kasparov come back in 84. He didn't let Kamsky come back in 94 but despite destroying him in the 1st half of that match, Kamsky was then able to fight on equal terms in the 2nd half. |
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| Jun-05-21 | | tbontb: As noted above, 18....Rfb8 (better Rad8) is a clear error and after 20.f5 Black is already in dire straits. However, 28. Ra7 appears slightly inaccurate so the last chance is then 28....Rd1+ 29.Kf2 Rb1 when White is only slightly better. Instead 28....Nc4 leads to a hopelessly lost position. |
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Jun-05-21
 | | beatgiant: <tbontb>
That's very interesting. At first I thought White would just win two pieces for a rook with 28...Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rb1 30. fxg7 Rxb2+ 31. Kg3 Bxg7 <32. Rxg7+> Kxg7 33. Bd4 but, on second look, that would give Black too much queenside counterplay. 
click for larger view33...Ra2 34. Bxe5+ Kg6 35. Bc3 <b4> is an example. So it looks like you're right, White has to be content with a slightly better endgame. |
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Jun-05-21
 | | Fusilli: <RookFile: A Karpov in decline still has plenty to teach the rest of us.> Indeed. And that Karpov in decline still killed it at Linares (1994). |
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| Jan-22-24 | | Lambda: <A bit of useless trivia, this was the last game that Karpov played 1.e4 against his great rival, not sure why he refrained from doing this, not only against Korchnoi, but against all other GM's who he played: When you consider that during the 1980's AK was virtually unbeateable with e4 openings !!> He had to learn d4 because of the Kasparov matches, with Kasparov's Najdorf/Scheveningen Sicilian being virtually invincible. |
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Jan-22-24
 | | perfidious: Karpov was always known to mix up his opening repertoire, but the last appearance of 1.e4 at title level for him was Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985. By this time, he had come to increasingly prefer 1.d4 as White in his play against all comers, with his formerly broad range of responses vs 1.e4 being narrowed to 1....e5 and the Caro-Kann. |
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