Author: Dirk Frickenschmidt
Date: 01:14:43 01/07/98
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On January 07, 1998 at 00:24:26, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 06, 1998 at 21:46:07, Howard Exner wrote: > >>On January 06, 1998 at 17:11:53, Dirk Frickenschmidt wrote: >> >>>Anand lost his 4th game to Karpov playing white in an unusually sad >>>manner >>> >>>The game began like a Caro-Kann, but soon transposed to a Queen's Gambit >>>in which Anand found no way of developing any initiative. >>>I can hardly remember a game where Anand played with so little fighting >>>spirit, finally even giving away a draw. >> >>Where could have Anand held the draw? Maybe when he forced the Queen >>exchange? The opposite Bishop ending in this case looked hopeless with >>black's one outside passer followed by the soon to be created one on the >>king's side. Looked to me like Karpov was in the driver's seat the >>entire >>game. It reminded me a bit of the classic Kotov Vs Botvinnik endgame >>where Botvinnik won in brilliant style. Only Anand saw the writing >>on the wall and resigned before the obvious. >> >>> >>>12... Nf5 seems to be a novelty by Karpov. according to his thinking >>>time it may well be he found it at the board while playing. Anyway it is >>>one more example of his excellent feeling for positional chess: black >>>seems to get quite a satisfying position without having to fear anything >>>from 12.h4. >> >>Yes this certainly suits Karpov's style. Capitalizing on a slight >>positional edge. >> >>>I don't believe our computer programs are able to see much of the danger >>>for White in the resulting endgame with bishops of different colours >>>(often helping to draw)soon enough. You may well try. >> >>Totally agree here. These endings seem routine for GM's yet difficult >>for >>machines. >>> >>>I hope Anand will recover soon: he has not more than two games to do >>>so... >>> >>>Anand - Karpov [D42] >>>FIDE Wch Novgorod (4), 06.01.1998 >>> >>>1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 >>>8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 Bf6 11.Be4 Nce7 12.h4 Nf5 13.Qd3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 >>>h6 15.h5 Nd6 16.Ne5 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Bxe5 18.dxe5 f5 19.Qe2 Bd7 20.Rd1 Bb5 >>>21.Qf3 Qe8 22.Bf4 Rc8 23.Rd4 Rc4 24.Rad1 Qf7 25.Rxc4 Bxc4 26.a3 Rc8 >>>27.Rd4 Kh7 28.Bd2 Bd5 29.Qh3 b5 30.a4 bxa4 31.Rxa4 Rc4 32.Rxc4 Bxc4 >>>33.Qh4 Bb5 34.c4 Be8 35.c5 Qd7 36.Bc3 Qd3 37.Qd4 Qxd4 38.Bxd4 a5 39.c6 >>>Bxc6 40.f3 f4 41.Bb2 Be8 42.Bc1 a4 43.Bxf4 a3 44.Be3 Bxh5 45.Kf2 Be8 >>>46.Bd4 Bc6 47.Bc3 a2 48.g3 h5 49.g4 h4 0-1 >> >>I'll be looking forward to reading Karpov's and Anand's post-mortem on >>this game. > > > >I think the "moral" here is that Anand should keep his hands off his >h-pawn when playing Karpov. That skittles brand of chess, initiating >a king-side attack whether it is justified or not is *not* the way to >beat Karpov. It only creates weaknesses, and you don't want endgame >weaknesses playing Karpov. If Anand will settle down, stop this wild >style, and play chess, this will be interesting. If he reaches for the >h-pawn again, it is probably over. :) Hi Bob, as I saw from my database, the games played so far with h4 seemed to be promising (2 white wins, 2 draws, and some vivid piece play and attacking chances in most of them. Ad Karpov *was* vulnerable to sharp tactical play sometimes in his career, trying to keep positional control still when he had to act in a sharp way. So why should Anand not try, having an incredibly good overview in sharp and complicated positions? But Karpovs ...Nf5, a fine novelty, seems to force White to admit that he cannot hope for such active play any more and should look for the fastest possible way to draw, either by trying Bxf5 right away, or by playing 35. Qd8 later in the endgame, just to make two (of possibly more) proposals. Here is the material I found in Chessbase Big Database 98: Anand - Karpov [D42] FIDE Wch Lausanne (4), 06.01.1998 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 Bf6 11.Be4 Nce7 12.h4 Nf5 [12...Bd7 13.Qd3 A) 13...g6 14.Bh6 Re8 (14...Bg7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Re5 Bg4 19.g3 f6 20.Ree1 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Qd7 22.Rac1 Rfe8 23.Kg2 Rac8 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Qa3 Re8 26.Rxe8 Qxe8 27.Qxa7 Qe4+ 28.Kh2 Qf5 29.Qxb7+ Kh6 30.Qb5 Qxf2+ 31.Kh3 Qxd4 32.Qe2 Qc5 33.Qd2+ Kg7 34.Qc3 Qg1 35.Qc7+ Kh6 36.Qf4+ Kg7 37.Qf3 d4 38.g4 Qb1 39.g5 fxg5 40.hxg5 d3 41.Qf6+ Kg8 42.Qd8+ Kf7 43.Qd7+ Kg8 ½-½ Obodchuk,A-Acs,P/Budapest FS11 IM-B 1994/EXP 45) 15.h5 Bc6 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Rad1 Rc8 18.Ne5 Nxc3 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.bxc3 Qa5 21.Bd2 c5 22.c4 Qxa2 23.d5 exd5 24.cxd5 c4 25.Qf3 Be5 26.Bb1 Qb2 27.d6 Bxd6 28.Bc3 Qb6 29.Qf6 Bh2+ 30.Kxh2 Qxf6 31.Bxf6 Nc6 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Ba2 Re6 34.Bc3 1-0 Kosic,D-Cela,A/Balkaniad 1989/EXT 89b; B) 13...h6 14.a3 Bc6 15.Ne2 Nb6 16.Ng3 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Qd5 18.Qg4 Kh7 19.Ne4 Nd7 20.Bg5 Nf5 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Nxf6+ gxf6 23.Rac1 Rg8 24.Qe4 Qxe4 25.Rxe4 Rac8 26.Ree1 Rgd8 27.Kf1 Kg7 28.Ke2 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Rd7 30.Rc4 h5 31.g3 b6 32.Ke1 Rd5 33.Ke2 Rd7 34.Ke1 Kg6 35.Ke2 Rd5 36.a4 b5 37.axb5 Rxb5 38.b4 a5 39.bxa5 Rxa5 40.Rc2 ½-½ Chiburdanidze,M-Ioseliani,N/WchW 1988/CBM 10; 12...b6 13.Bg5 Bxg5 14.hxg5 Bb7 15.Qd3 Nb4 16.Qb1 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Rc8 18.a3 Nbd5 19.Ne2 a5 20.g3 Nf5 21.Kg2 Qc7 22.Rac1 Qb7 23.Nc3 Rfd8 24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.Rh1 g6 27.g4 Trofimova,O-Kononenko,T/EU-chJW U20 1995/EXT 95ch/1-0 (37)] 13.Qd3 [13.Bxf5 exf5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Bg5 Bxg5 16.Re5 Qd6 17.hxg5 Bd7 Gurevich: unclear ] 13...Nxc3 14.bxc3 h6 15.h5 Nd6 16.Ne5 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Bxe5 18.dxe5 f5 19.Qe2 Bd7 20.Rd1 Bb5 21.Qf3 Qe8 22.Bf4 Rc8 23.Rd4 Rc4 24.Rad1 Qf7 25.Rxc4 Bxc4 26.a3 Rc8 27.Rd4 Kh7 28.Bd2 Bd5 29.Qh3 b5 30.a4 bxa4 31.Rxa4 Rc4 32.Rxc4 Bxc4 33.Qh4 Bb5 34.c4 Be8 35.c5 [35.Qd8 Qxh5 36.Be3 looks much better to me: getting the a-pawn for the h-pawn and being able to play for a draw without big problems. Have I missed something substantial?] 35...Qd7 36.Bc3 Qd3 37.Qd4 Qxd4 38.Bxd4 a5 39.c6 Bxc6 40.f3 f4 41.Bb2 Be8 42.Bc1 a4 43.Bxf4 a3 44.Be3 Bxh5 45.Kf2 Be8 46.Bd4 Bc6 47.Bc3 a2 48.g3 h5 49.g4 h4 0-1
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