Gyula Sax vs Anatoly Karpov (1989)

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Gyula Sax vs Anatoly Karpov
Skelleftea World Cup (1989), Skelleftea SWE, rd 1, Aug-12
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Keres Defense (C92) · 1/2-1/2

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Sep-15-22		Raconteur: OKay, so you get the chance o play a (world) champion with white, and then what you choose to do is play a wimpy, coward theoretocal draw variation? Thank god chess has changed these days. Not one of th top players would back off like a scared little dog like this.

Sep-15-22		offramp: In the first 3 rounds Sax played Andersson, Karpov and Kasparov; world's #8, #2 and #1. When the tournament started, Sax may have thought, "I will be happy to have 1½/3 after playing those three". After playing those heavyweights in the first 3 rounds, Sax may have hoped to score ~60% in the remaining 12 rounds. Say, about 7½/12, with a total for the tournament 9/15. In the end, Sax ended with 8/15, which is still above his Elo expectation. Perhaps Sax was expecting a draw v Portisch. Ribli took a quick draw with Sax. Hungarians, I mean. Karpov & Kasparov were joint winners, with 63%.

Sep-15-22		perfidious: <offramp: In the first 3 rounds Sax played Andersson, Karpov and Kasparov; world's #8, #2 and #1....> If one peruses the game headers herein, it will be seen that this was played in the first round, the game with Andersson in round four and Sax' encounter with Kasparov came in the sixth.

Sep-15-22		offramp: Oh dear! I was going by the game list on this tournament home page. That means I have to throw my reasoning out the window. I can salvage that Sax managed to draw with Karpov & Kasparov - that's about all.

Sep-15-22		Olavi: I don't think Sax did it on purpose, or at least it can not be deduced from the game score alone. He had lost to Karpov in the same variation just before Sax vs Karpov, 1989, he deviated and perhaps he thought he had found an improvement on the lines that were played in other games, this was in vogue then, just to find out that it is only a draw. Sax was a very courageous player.

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