Author: Amir Ban
Date: 14:00:28 01/08/98
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On January 08, 1998 at 15:17:29, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >On January 08, 1998 at 13:20:31, Dirk Frickenschmidt wrote: > >>Anand played a very nice game against Karpov today, playing at high risk >>while getting Karpov into a kind of position where from move 7 (!!!) >>both left opening theory and had to play themselves without too much >>preparation(nearly reminded me of old days where Tony Miles provoked >>Karpov with early ...a6 and won the unusual kind of game resulting). > >Well, the 'Tromp' is getting more and more popular it seems! > >>I call it a win because I think Karpov is probably just thinking about >>resigning in move 42, taking some time while being a piece down without >>any real chances for counterplay - oops, while writing this, the page >>updates and scores the win for Anand. > >Actually Karpov resigned, so it is a 3-3 tie now! Can't wait for the >games of tomorrow, although it is strange to have the WC being decided >by quickplay..... > >By the way, can anybody explain why Karpov dropped a piece in this last >game so easily? I mean 28 Ng6 can't escape Karpov's thinking, can it?! >I still don't understand! > I watched the game on ICC and there public opinion was not impressed. One GM described what was going on as "kindergarten". It seems that both sides played tactically weakly here. Black should play simply 28... Rxg6 and if 29. Rf8+? Rxf8 30. Qxf8+ Nc8 31. Bxg6 Qg5 and black wins. Better is 29. Bxg6 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 dxe5 31. dxe5 Qxb4 32. Qf6 white will regain the pawn but this position looks better for black. Black's 28... Qd8 is an elementary blunder which you don't expect at this level, or even at lower levels. Karpov has now lost two games through tactical blunders ! He must be very rusty. Going back one move, in view of this, 27. e5 is a mistake since after 27... Bc6 28. Rg3 white's advantage is gone. A fair annotation would be 27. e5? Bc6 28. Ng6? Qd8?? >>Here's the game, the most beautiful (for my taste) from all 6: >>Anand,V - Karpov,A (1-0) >>1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g5 7. Bc4 Nc6 >>8. Nge2 Bg7 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Nb5 a6 12. Na3 g4 13. f4 gxf3 >>14. Rxf3 Qe7 15. c3 h5 16. Rdf1 Rdf8 17. b4 Na7 18. Nc2 Bh6 19. Qe1 Kb8 >>20. Bd3 Bc6 21. Nf4 Rfg8 22. d5 Be8 23. Qf2 Bg7 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. dxe6 >>Bxd4 26. cxd4 fxe6 27. e5 Bc6 28. Ng6 Qd8 29. Nxh8 Bxf3 30. Nf7 Qh4 31. >>Qxf3 Qxd4 32. Kh1 d5 33. Rd1 Qxb4 34. Rb1 Qa4 35. Qxh5 Nc6 36. Qe2 Ka7 >>37. Qf2 b6 38. Rc1 Kb7 39. h3 Rc8 40. Qf6 Nd4 41. Nd8 Kb8 42. Nxe6 >> >>The computer programs I used all missed Anand's strong plan for direct >>king threats with 33. Rd1 Qxb4 34. Rb1! followed by the elegant queen >>moves to h5 and back to e2 (aiming at a6). > I did not understand why 35. Qxh5 was not answered simply by Qxa2. Who knows, maybe Anand would overlook the mate on g2 :) White can play 39. Nd6 instead of h3 with a quick win. Amir
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