The deciding game of the 1947 Chigorin Memorial and the first time Keres and Botvinnik had met in 6 years.
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Paul Keres gave a 40-board simul in 1946 to sailors on the "October Revolution", which was docked in Tallinn.
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🔰Anatoly Karpov
🔰 Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Anatoly Karpov was born in the town of Zlatoust, located in the Southern Ural Mountains in the USSR. He learned to play chess at four years old and became a candidate master by age eleven. At twelve, Karpov was accepted into the chess academy presided over by Mikhail Botvinnik. Karpov won the World Junior Championship in 1969, thereby automatically gaining the title of International Master. In 1970, he became an International Grandmaster by virtue of finishing equal fourth at Caracas. A World Championship Candidate in 1973, he defeated Viktor Korchnoi in the Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1974) to earn the right to contest the Karpov - Fischer World Championship Match (1975) with World Champion Robert James Fischer. When FIDE declared Fischer forfeited, Karpov became the 12th World Chess Champion, the youngest since Mikhail Tal in 1960.
♦️ Karpov defended the championship twice against Korchnoi, in Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship (1978) and Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Rematch (1981). After Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match (1984), which was aborted with Karpov leading by two points over Garry Kasparov, he lost his title to Kasparov in Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match (1985). He played three more closely contested matches with Kasparov, narrowly losing Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Rematch (1986), drawing Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Match (1987) and again narrowly losing Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Match (1990).
♦️ Karpov was thrice Soviet Champion: in 1976, 1983 and 1988, on the latter occasion sharing the title with Kasparov. In 1993 Karpov regained the FIDE title against Jan Timman in Karpov - Timman FIDE World Championship (1993), after Kasparov had broken away from the organization. He successfully defended his title against Gata Kamsky in Karpov - Kamsky FIDE World Championship (1996) and Viswanathan Anand in Karpov - Anand World Championship Match (1998). In 1999 FIDE changed the rules, deciding that the World Champion would be determined by an annual knockout tournament, and Karpov retired from championship competition.
♦️ At Linares (1994), Karpov achieved one of the greatest tournament successes ever, outdistancing Kasparov by 2.5 points, with a tournament performance rating of 2985.
🔸 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 (January 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2780 (July 1994)
♦️ A memorable game by Karpov:👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Anatoly Karpov vs Vladimir Kramnik
▪️ Amber-rapid 7th (1998), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 8, Mar-21
▪️ Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation (D45)
♦️ First see the diagram then review the game and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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🔰Anatoly Karpov
🔰 Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Anatoly Karpov was born in the town of Zlatoust, located in the Southern Ural Mountains in the USSR. He learned to play chess at four years old and became a candidate master by age eleven. At twelve, Karpov was accepted into the chess academy presided over by Mikhail Botvinnik. Karpov won the World Junior Championship in 1969, thereby automatically gaining the title of International Master. In 1970, he became an International Grandmaster by virtue of finishing equal fourth at Caracas. A World Championship Candidate in 1973, he defeated Viktor Korchnoi in the Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1974) to earn the right to contest the Karpov - Fischer World Championship Match (1975) with World Champion Robert James Fischer. When FIDE declared Fischer forfeited, Karpov became the 12th World Chess Champion, the youngest since Mikhail Tal in 1960.
♦️ Karpov defended the championship twice against Korchnoi, in Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship (1978) and Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Rematch (1981). After Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match (1984), which was aborted with Karpov leading by two points over Garry Kasparov, he lost his title to Kasparov in Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match (1985). He played three more closely contested matches with Kasparov, narrowly losing Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Rematch (1986), drawing Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Match (1987) and again narrowly losing Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Match (1990).
♦️ Karpov was thrice Soviet Champion: in 1976, 1983 and 1988, on the latter occasion sharing the title with Kasparov. In 1993 Karpov regained the FIDE title against Jan Timman in Karpov - Timman FIDE World Championship (1993), after Kasparov had broken away from the organization. He successfully defended his title against Gata Kamsky in Karpov - Kamsky FIDE World Championship (1996) and Viswanathan Anand in Karpov - Anand World Championship Match (1998). In 1999 FIDE changed the rules, deciding that the World Champion would be determined by an annual knockout tournament, and Karpov retired from championship competition.
♦️ At Linares (1994), Karpov achieved one of the greatest tournament successes ever, outdistancing Kasparov by 2.5 points, with a tournament performance rating of 2985.
🔸 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 (January 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2780 (July 1994)
♦️ A memorable game by Karpov:👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Anatoly Karpov vs Vladimir Kramnik
▪️ Amber-rapid 7th (1998), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 8, Mar-21
▪️ Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation (D45)
♦️ First see the diagram then review the game and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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▪️ Anatoly Karpov vs Vladimir Kramnik
▪️ Amber-rapid 7th (1998), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 8, Mar-21
▪️ Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation (D45)
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▪️ Amber-rapid 7th (1998), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 8, Mar-21
▪️ Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation (D45)
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At the height of the Spassky v Fischer 1972 match, a large-size electronic demo board cutting edgy technology at the time was in use on the premises of the Central Chess Club in Moscow.
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📘 34...Ne5?
Sergey Grigoriants missed a golden opportunity to defeat the world champion.
(34...Qg3!! 35.g×f3 Rd8 36.Qc1 Q×h3+ 37.Kg1 Q×f3 38.Kh2 Qh5+ -+
and Black is completely winning.
35.Rd2 Qf5 =/+
Sergey Grigoriants missed a golden opportunity to defeat the world champion.
(34...Qg3!! 35.g×f3 Rd8 36.Qc1 Q×h3+ 37.Kg1 Q×f3 38.Kh2 Qh5+ -+
and Black is completely winning.
35.Rd2 Qf5 =/+
📘 38...Ng5?
Missing another chance! He could have played 38...Ng1! (Now Black wins material or brings the White King into the mating net.) A)39.Rd2 Ne2+ 40.R×e2 Q×e2 -+
B)39.Qc6 Ne2+ 40.Kg4 g6!! 41.Q×a8 Kg7 42.g3 f5+ 43.Kh4 g5+ 44.Kh5 N×g3#.
Missing another chance! He could have played 38...Ng1! (Now Black wins material or brings the White King into the mating net.) A)39.Rd2 Ne2+ 40.R×e2 Q×e2 -+
B)39.Qc6 Ne2+ 40.Kg4 g6!! 41.Q×a8 Kg7 42.g3 f5+ 43.Kh4 g5+ 44.Kh5 N×g3#.
📘 24...Qg4?
Karjakin was very lucky that his opponent did not notice the double attack with 24...Qf6!-+.
Karjakin was very lucky that his opponent did not notice the double attack with 24...Qf6!-+.