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
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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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