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Subject: Re: Why did Karpov resigned in this position?

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 08:29:54 04/22/05

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On April 22, 2005 at 10:31:06, Andrey Popov wrote:

>On April 22, 2005 at 10:18:38, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>
>>On April 22, 2005 at 09:29:13, Andrey Popov wrote:
>>
>>>This is the last position of the last game of Kasparov-Karpov match.
>>>If Karpov (Black) reaches a draw, he wins the match.
>>>Of course, White has a huge advantage.
>>>However, I do not see any way to win.
>>>5n1k/5Q2/4p1p1/2q1P2p/7P/6P1/5PK1/3B4 b - - 0 64
>>>[D]5n1k/5Q2/4p1p1/2q1P2p/7P/6P1/5PK1/3B4 b - - 0 64
>>>Why did Karpov resigned?
>>>Can anybody see a series of White's moves leading to win after Qc5-b4?
>>>Engines quickly go to score about +3.00 and stick on it forever.
>>
>>With just a short look I see 1.Bc2 Qc5 2.Be4 Qb4 3.Bxg6 which appears hopeless
>>to me.
>It is drawish:
>3...Nxg6 4.Qxg6 Qb7+ 5.Kf1 Qg2+ 6.Ke2 Qxf2+ 7.Kd3 Qd4+ 8.Kxd4 draw.

LOL! Okay, I see a little preparation is in order ;-)

There are several ways. Here is one which this time I checked using Ruffian:
1...Qb4 2.Bf3 Qc5 3.Be4 Qb4 4.Kh2 Qc5 5.Kh3 Qb4 6.f3 Qa3 7.f4 Qb4 8.Bxg6 Nxg6
9.Qxg6

Sorry about that.



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