✅ #about_Karpov
🔹 Anatoly Karpov
🔹 Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion
🔰 Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov.
🔘 Full name: Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
🔘 Country: Soviet Union Russia
🔘 Born: May 23, 1951 (age 67)
Zlatoust, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1970)
🔘 World Champion: 1975–1985 & 1993–1999 (FIDE)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2623 (July 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2780 (July 1994)
🔰 Karpov's "boa constrictor" playing style is solidly positional, taking no risks but reacting mercilessly to any tiny errors made by his opponents. As a result, he is often compared to his idol, the famous José Raúl Capablanca, the third World Champion. Karpov himself describes his style as follows:
Let us say the game may be continued in two ways: one of them is a beautiful tactical blow that gives rise to variations that don't yield to precise calculations; the other is clear positional pressure that leads to an endgame with microscopic chances of victory.... I would choose [the latter] without thinking twice. If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.
♦️ A memorable game by Karpov from Moscow 1971 which named "That Really Hort!" in chessgames.com site!👇
🔸 Anatoly Karpov vs Vlastimil Hort
🔸Moscow (1971), Moscow URS, rd 11, Dec-08
🔸Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation. Keres Attack (B81)
Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess
🔹 Anatoly Karpov
🔹 Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion
🔰 Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov.
🔘 Full name: Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
🔘 Country: Soviet Union Russia
🔘 Born: May 23, 1951 (age 67)
Zlatoust, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1970)
🔘 World Champion: 1975–1985 & 1993–1999 (FIDE)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2623 (July 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2780 (July 1994)
🔰 Karpov's "boa constrictor" playing style is solidly positional, taking no risks but reacting mercilessly to any tiny errors made by his opponents. As a result, he is often compared to his idol, the famous José Raúl Capablanca, the third World Champion. Karpov himself describes his style as follows:
Let us say the game may be continued in two ways: one of them is a beautiful tactical blow that gives rise to variations that don't yield to precise calculations; the other is clear positional pressure that leads to an endgame with microscopic chances of victory.... I would choose [the latter] without thinking twice. If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.
♦️ A memorable game by Karpov from Moscow 1971 which named "That Really Hort!" in chessgames.com site!👇
🔸 Anatoly Karpov vs Vlastimil Hort
🔸Moscow (1971), Moscow URS, rd 11, Dec-08
🔸Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation. Keres Attack (B81)
Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess
22. Qe7??
A miscalculation.
22. Ne7!+ Kh8 23. Rd4
A)23...Rb8 24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. Qxf8+ Kh7 26. Qd6=
B)23... Be6 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 =
22... Qxe7
22... Bf5!!+ 23. gxf5 Qg3 24. Rd4 Qxg2 -+ Black is up a whole rook.
23.Nxe7+ Kh8 24. Rd2 Rb8 25. c5 Nxg4 26. c6 Nxe3 27. c7 Be6 28. cxb8=Q Rxb8 29.Be4 g6 30. Nc6 Nc4 31. Rd4 Rb6 0-1
A miscalculation.
22. Ne7!+ Kh8 23. Rd4
A)23...Rb8 24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. Qxf8+ Kh7 26. Qd6=
B)23... Be6 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 =
22... Qxe7
22... Bf5!!+ 23. gxf5 Qg3 24. Rd4 Qxg2 -+ Black is up a whole rook.
23.Nxe7+ Kh8 24. Rd2 Rb8 25. c5 Nxg4 26. c6 Nxe3 27. c7 Be6 28. cxb8=Q Rxb8 29.Be4 g6 30. Nc6 Nc4 31. Rd4 Rb6 0-1
32. Qd1??
The Indian GM did not find the only defence.
32. Be4! Qxe4 33. Rxb2! Rxb2 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qc3+ e5 36. Qxb2 -/+
Black has an extra pawn, but winning this would be difficult.
32... Qxa2 33. Be4 a3 34. Qc2 Qb3 0-1
The Indian GM did not find the only defence.
32. Be4! Qxe4 33. Rxb2! Rxb2 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qc3+ e5 36. Qxb2 -/+
Black has an extra pawn, but winning this would be difficult.
32... Qxa2 33. Be4 a3 34. Qc2 Qb3 0-1
40... Re8?
Black should have complicated the game with 40... Rc3! and now:
A) 41. Bxe6 41... Rg3+ 42. Kh1 Rh3+ 43. Kg1 Rg3+ 44. Kf1 fxe6 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46.Rc1 Bh3+ 47. Ke2 Bg4+ 48. Kf1 Bh3+ perpetual check.
B) 41. Re2 Nxg5 42. Bxe6 Nh3+ 43. Kh2 fxe6 44. a5 Nxf4 = with counterplay.
41. Rb7 Rc3 42. Rxf7+ Kh8 43. Bxe4 Bxe4 44.Nd5 Rg3+ 45. Kh2 Kg8 46. Kxg3 Kxf7 47. Nf6 1-0
Black should have complicated the game with 40... Rc3! and now:
A) 41. Bxe6 41... Rg3+ 42. Kh1 Rh3+ 43. Kg1 Rg3+ 44. Kf1 fxe6 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46.Rc1 Bh3+ 47. Ke2 Bg4+ 48. Kf1 Bh3+ perpetual check.
B) 41. Re2 Nxg5 42. Bxe6 Nh3+ 43. Kh2 fxe6 44. a5 Nxf4 = with counterplay.
41. Rb7 Rc3 42. Rxf7+ Kh8 43. Bxe4 Bxe4 44.Nd5 Rg3+ 45. Kh2 Kg8 46. Kxg3 Kxf7 47. Nf6 1-0
28... b6??
Giving victory to the opponent. Black could have played:
28... Bxh4 29. b4 Na4 30. Bd2 Rc7 31. Rc1 Kd8 32. Rxc7 Kxc7 33.Bc4 b5 34. axb6+ Kxb6 35. Bf7 Kc7 36. Bxg6 Nb6+/= A draw would be the most likely result.
29. axb6 Rb8 30. Be3 Rxb6 31.Rc1 1-0
Giving victory to the opponent. Black could have played:
28... Bxh4 29. b4 Na4 30. Bd2 Rc7 31. Rc1 Kd8 32. Rxc7 Kxc7 33.Bc4 b5 34. axb6+ Kxb6 35. Bf7 Kc7 36. Bxg6 Nb6+/= A draw would be the most likely result.
29. axb6 Rb8 30. Be3 Rxb6 31.Rc1 1-0
The young Russian Peter Svidler adopted a key move here and the rest went according to plan too!
22.f4!
22.c5 Kf8 23.f4 b6 24.cxb6 axb6 25.Rd4 Ke7 26.Rb4 f6 27.Kd4 Kd6 28.h4 Bc6 29.g4 ½-½ Tal,M-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow 1968/Candidates.
22...Kf8 23.b4 Ke7 24.f5 b6 25.a4 Rc8 26.Kb3 h6 27.a5 f5 28.Bf3 g5 29.g3 Rc5 30.Kb4 e5 31.fxe5 Rxe5 32.axb6 axb6 33.Bd5 Re2?
Lutz looking for a counterplay by attacking the whites pawns on the Kingside but black has no time for this action. Last chance was 33...f4!
34.Ra1+/- intending Ra6.
22.f4!
22.c5 Kf8 23.f4 b6 24.cxb6 axb6 25.Rd4 Ke7 26.Rb4 f6 27.Kd4 Kd6 28.h4 Bc6 29.g4 ½-½ Tal,M-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow 1968/Candidates.
22...Kf8 23.b4 Ke7 24.f5 b6 25.a4 Rc8 26.Kb3 h6 27.a5 f5 28.Bf3 g5 29.g3 Rc5 30.Kb4 e5 31.fxe5 Rxe5 32.axb6 axb6 33.Bd5 Re2?
Lutz looking for a counterplay by attacking the whites pawns on the Kingside but black has no time for this action. Last chance was 33...f4!
34.Ra1+/- intending Ra6.
15.f4!
Strengthening the knight on e5 and preventing Black from playing ...f4. Now White can continue his attack on the kingside.
15...Be6 16.h4! fxg4 17.h5 Bf5 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Rh6+-
Strengthening the knight on e5 and preventing Black from playing ...f4. Now White can continue his attack on the kingside.
15...Be6 16.h4! fxg4 17.h5 Bf5 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Rh6+-
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 615
public poll
B: f4 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Jonas, @Sophia_Peng, @aref_sbk, @RichardPeng, Zhenrui, Sanjana
A: d5 – 2
👍👍 22%
@Jarullah, Rachel
C: Bg1
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.
public poll
B: f4 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Jonas, @Sophia_Peng, @aref_sbk, @RichardPeng, Zhenrui, Sanjana
A: d5 – 2
👍👍 22%
@Jarullah, Rachel
C: Bg1
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.