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Anatoly Karpov vs Viktor Korchnoi
Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Match (1981), Merano ITA, rd 10, Oct-29
Italian Game: Classical Variation. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Apr-11-08  Knight13: 10. Bc2 would be followed by ...d5 in a hard way and White would dislike that.
Jan-01-19
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  woldsmandriffield: Karpov’s state funded retinue busy working on new ideas in the Open Rudy Lopez while he plays a few low-risk openings (two Giuoco Pianos and an English in G12).

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