Author: Jeroen Noomen
Date: 01:20:02 01/03/98
Yesterday the first matchgame between Karpov and Anand took place. A very interesting position occurred after the 25th move: Karpov-Anand (1) Slav Defence ------------------------------ 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. 0-0 a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. Bc2 c4 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. f4 e5 17. Ndxb5! (This appears to be much stronger than Nf5) axb5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Rf5 Qe7 22. Qxc4 (Karpov was still playing very quickly, so I suppose this was all in his home preparation) 22. ... Rc8 First interesting moment. I analysed the game in progress with Rebel 9 and it hesitated between Nfd7 and Ncd7. Rc8 never came up. Is there a program that plays Rc8? 23. Qb5 Ncd7 24. Qxb7 Rxc2 25. Bg5 Qd6!! This is what it is all about! Rebel plays Qxe4 or alternatively Rf8, but that seems to fail to save the game. F.e. 25 ... Qxe4 26 Qxe4 Nxe4 27 Re1 and the resulting pin is awsome for Black. 26. Qa8+ Kf7! Of course, this is the point! Somehow Anand managed to find something at the board, sidestepping the home-analysis of Karpov! I am very impressed. 27. Qxh8 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Qxe4 29. Rf3 Rxg2!! Beautiful! 30. Kxg2 Ne5 31. Qxg7+!! A fantastic shot by Karpov, still leading to a better endgame for White. 31. ... Kxg7 32. Bxf6 Kg6 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Rg1! Now Anand managed to win the White b-pawn, leading to a very difficult endgame. After more than 100 moves Karpov went on to win it. My question: What do other programs think of 22. ... Rc8, 25 ... Qxe4 25 ... Rf8, 25 ... Qd6!! and 26 ... Kf7! ? Please, post your findings! I was amazed about the fantastic deep tactical shots by Anand, and I am curious if any program can find it! Best regards, Jeroen Noomen
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