Author: Jeroen Noomen
Date: 02:54:31 01/04/98
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On January 03, 1998 at 15:47:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 03, 1998 at 13:44:18, Jeroen Noomen wrote: > >>In a crazy game Vishy Anand drew the WC-match versus Karpov level, just >>some minutes ago. >> >>It was a Ruy Lopez, in which Karpov used the unusual 5 ... Bc5!? >>After a strong sac of the exchange Karpov managed to get the upper >>hand with two strong passed pawns. >> >>In the timescramble that followed my Rebel 9 scored +1.50 around move >>33,34, in favour of Karpov. But he made a mistake, after which Rebel >>showed +1.40, now in favour of Anand! >> >>In timepressure fantastic things happened: Karpov got two Black pawns >>on c2 and d2, captured a rook on c1 making a new queen, but nevertheless >>could not escape a forced mate! A really astonishing game. >> >>So the score is 1-1, it's anybody's match again! >> >>Best regards, >> >>Jeroen Noomen > >This game was *filled* with mistakes on both sides. I have *never* >watched >Crafty analyze a game such as this and see tactical mistake after >tactical >mistake played. Rf3 seemed ok by Karpov. gxf3 was the best reply not >giving black those two connected passers, or even dxc5 eschewing the >exchange.. later both sides had chances to win and the one making the >last mistake was Karpov. I believe 34 ... h6?? was a blunder. Rebel 9 gave 34 ... Ne2+ followed by 35 ... Qe8! scoring +1.5 for Black. I guess Karpov missed Anand's 36 Re3! stopping Ne2+ and also hitting the bishop on e5. According to Rebel 9 36 Re3! Na2 37 Rxc2 Qxc2 38 Rxe5 was best, now with a score of +1.4 for White. Both players were in severe timetrouble here, so I guess Karpov tried all or nothing by pushing his d-pawn. Still, I enjoyed this game very much, this is the kind of chess I like to watch! Regards, Jeroen
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