Author: Howard Exner
Date: 21:08:37 01/07/98
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On January 07, 1998 at 04:04:09, Dirk Frickenschmidt 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? > >I think everything is ok until 35.c5?, which hardly helps white to solve >his problems. But after the probably better 35.Qd8 Qxh5 36.Be3 it looks >to me White gets the a-pawn for the h-pawn and should not have too much >trouble playing for a draw. The line you give is what Rebel 8 comes up with also and does look better than the game continuation. Rebel continues with the line after 36. Be3 Bc6 37.Qd6 Be4 38. f3 Bxf3 39. gxf3 Qxf3 with a plus for black. Maybe computers do handle these positions O.K. ? > >>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. As I said above maybe computers are stronger than I give them credit for. Rebel's line continues the fight but would most likely will lead to a draw. These programs have come a long way. They sure make playing over games a lot more informative, at least for weaker players like myself.
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