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🔹 Anatoly Karpov
🔹 Russian chess Grandmaster
🔹 Former World Champion
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🔹 Anatoly Karpov
🔹 Russian chess Grandmaster
🔹 Former World Champion
💟 Today is birthday of Anatoly Karpov 🌺🌺🌸🌸🌹🌹🌷🌷👏👏👏👏
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🛄 #about_Karpov
🔹 Anatoly Karpov
🔹 Russian chess Grandmaster
🔹 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 (May 2018)
Peak rating: 2780 (July 1994)
♦️He won the 1971 Alekhine Memorial in Moscow (equal with Leonid Stein), ahead of a star-studded field, for his first significant adult victory. His Elo rating shot from 2540 in 1971 to 2660 in 1973, when he shared second in the USSR Chess Championship, and finished equal first with Viktor Korchnoi in the Leningrad Interzonal Tournament. The latter success qualified him for the 1974 Candidates Matches, which would determine the challenger to the reigning world champion, Bobby Fischer.
♦️Karpov defeated Lev Polugaevsky by the score of +3=5 in the first Candidates' match, earning the right to face former champion Boris Spassky in the semifinal round. Karpov was on record saying that he believed Spassky would easily beat him and win the Candidates' cycle to face Fischer, and that he (Karpov) would win the following Candidates' cycle in 1977. Spassky won the first game as Black in good style, but tenacious, aggressive play from Karpov secured him overall victory by +4−1=6. The Candidates' final was played in Moscow with Korchnoi. Karpov took an early lead, winning the second game against the Sicilian Dragon, then scoring another victory in the sixth game. Following ten consecutive draws, Korchnoi threw away a winning position in the seventeenth game to give Karpov a 3–0 lead. In game 19, Korchnoi succeeded in winning a long endgame, then notched a speedy victory after a blunder by Karpov two games later. Three more draws, the last agreed by Karpov in a clearly better position, closed the match, as he thus prevailed +3−2=19, moving on to challenge Fischer for the world title.
♦️ A memorable game by Karpov which known "Spanish Class" in chessgames.com site!👇🏼
🔘 Anatoly Karpov vs Viktor Korchnoi
🔘 Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship (1978), City of Baguio PHI, rd 8, Aug-03
🔘 Spanish Game: Open. Bernstein Variation (C80)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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🔹 Anatoly Karpov
🔹 Russian chess Grandmaster
🔹 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 (May 2018)
Peak rating: 2780 (July 1994)
♦️He won the 1971 Alekhine Memorial in Moscow (equal with Leonid Stein), ahead of a star-studded field, for his first significant adult victory. His Elo rating shot from 2540 in 1971 to 2660 in 1973, when he shared second in the USSR Chess Championship, and finished equal first with Viktor Korchnoi in the Leningrad Interzonal Tournament. The latter success qualified him for the 1974 Candidates Matches, which would determine the challenger to the reigning world champion, Bobby Fischer.
♦️Karpov defeated Lev Polugaevsky by the score of +3=5 in the first Candidates' match, earning the right to face former champion Boris Spassky in the semifinal round. Karpov was on record saying that he believed Spassky would easily beat him and win the Candidates' cycle to face Fischer, and that he (Karpov) would win the following Candidates' cycle in 1977. Spassky won the first game as Black in good style, but tenacious, aggressive play from Karpov secured him overall victory by +4−1=6. The Candidates' final was played in Moscow with Korchnoi. Karpov took an early lead, winning the second game against the Sicilian Dragon, then scoring another victory in the sixth game. Following ten consecutive draws, Korchnoi threw away a winning position in the seventeenth game to give Karpov a 3–0 lead. In game 19, Korchnoi succeeded in winning a long endgame, then notched a speedy victory after a blunder by Karpov two games later. Three more draws, the last agreed by Karpov in a clearly better position, closed the match, as he thus prevailed +3−2=19, moving on to challenge Fischer for the world title.
♦️ A memorable game by Karpov which known "Spanish Class" in chessgames.com site!👇🏼
🔘 Anatoly Karpov vs Viktor Korchnoi
🔘 Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship (1978), City of Baguio PHI, rd 8, Aug-03
🔘 Spanish Game: Open. Bernstein Variation (C80)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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27... Qa3?
Black should have saved a tempo with 27... Qd7!
27... Qd7! 28. Rxa2
A) 28. Kg2 Qxd4 29. Rxa2 c3 30. Rc2 Rfe8 -+
B) 28... Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qxh4 30. f4 Rb8 31. Ra1 Rb3 -+
28.Kg2 Qc3 29. Rxa2 Qxd4 30.Rd2 Qe5 31. f4 Qe7 =/+
Black should have saved a tempo with 27... Qd7!
27... Qd7! 28. Rxa2
A) 28. Kg2 Qxd4 29. Rxa2 c3 30. Rc2 Rfe8 -+
B) 28... Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qxh4 30. f4 Rb8 31. Ra1 Rb3 -+
28.Kg2 Qc3 29. Rxa2 Qxd4 30.Rd2 Qe5 31. f4 Qe7 =/+
35... Qh1+
Prohaszka could have obtained a clear advantage with the following continuation:
35... Qb7! 36. Rh6 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qxc2+ 38. Kg1 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qb2+ 40. Kg3 c2 0-1
36. Kf2 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qf4+ 40. Rf2 Qc4+ 41. Re2 Qf4+ 42. Rf2 Qc4+ 43. Re2 Qf4+ 44. Rf2 Qc4+ 45. Re2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2
Prohaszka could have obtained a clear advantage with the following continuation:
35... Qb7! 36. Rh6 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qxc2+ 38. Kg1 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qb2+ 40. Kg3 c2 0-1
36. Kf2 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qf4+ 40. Rf2 Qc4+ 41. Re2 Qf4+ 42. Rf2 Qc4+ 43. Re2 Qf4+ 44. Rf2 Qc4+ 45. Re2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2
39... Re8
Missing a golden opportunity to gain an advantage.
39... Rxa2+ 40. Bxa2 Rxb4! 41. Rxd5 Qh4+ 42. Kf1 Rb8 43. Rd1 Bf5 44. Kg1 Bd3 -+
40. Bc2 Rxc3 41. Bh7+ Kxh7 42. Qxc3 Bf5 =
Missing a golden opportunity to gain an advantage.
39... Rxa2+ 40. Bxa2 Rxb4! 41. Rxd5 Qh4+ 42. Kf1 Rb8 43. Rd1 Bf5 44. Kg1 Bd3 -+
40. Bc2 Rxc3 41. Bh7+ Kxh7 42. Qxc3 Bf5 =
65. Rb8 ??
Dutch GM Benjamin Bok could have forced his opponent to resign:
65. gxf5+!
A) 65...Bxf5 66. Qe8+ Kg5 67. Qe7+ Kf4 68. Re1+-
B) 65... Kxf5 66. Rf8+ Kg6 67. Qg3+ Kh7 68. Rg1 Qb7 69. Qg6#
65... Qxb8 66. Qxe6+ Kh7 67. Qxf5+ g6 68. Qf7+ Kh8 69. Qf6+ Kh7 70. Qf7+ Kh8 71. Qf6+ Kh7 72. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2
Dutch GM Benjamin Bok could have forced his opponent to resign:
65. gxf5+!
A) 65...Bxf5 66. Qe8+ Kg5 67. Qe7+ Kf4 68. Re1+-
B) 65... Kxf5 66. Rf8+ Kg6 67. Qg3+ Kh7 68. Rg1 Qb7 69. Qg6#
65... Qxb8 66. Qxe6+ Kh7 67. Qxf5+ g6 68. Qf7+ Kh8 69. Qf6+ Kh7 70. Qf7+ Kh8 71. Qf6+ Kh7 72. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2
17...Be8!
This retreat provides the f7-square for the king. Black is finding unexpected resources on the chessboard – the e7-square for the king and the e8-square for the bishop.
18.Qg3 Kf7 19.Rad1 Bc6 And now the lithe bishop returns to c6. Black is well on the way to having every piece mobilized.
20.Rd2 e5 21.Be3 Bb4.
This retreat provides the f7-square for the king. Black is finding unexpected resources on the chessboard – the e7-square for the king and the e8-square for the bishop.
18.Qg3 Kf7 19.Rad1 Bc6 And now the lithe bishop returns to c6. Black is well on the way to having every piece mobilized.
20.Rd2 e5 21.Be3 Bb4.
31.Bc6!
An aggressive form of defence: Short not only meets the threat of 31...Rfe8, but even prevents Black from doubling rooks on the e-file.
31...Kh7?
A key moment. White's next move carries us firmly into Reuben Fine's 'the king is a strong piece: use it!' endgame territory.
32.Qg4!
Thanks to the king doing a job on d3, rather than hiding away on g1, the white queen doesn't have to worry about defending e3. With the exchange of queens, White's pawn mass on the queenside becomes the most significant factor.
32...Qxg4 33.hxg4+/-
An aggressive form of defence: Short not only meets the threat of 31...Rfe8, but even prevents Black from doubling rooks on the e-file.
31...Kh7?
A key moment. White's next move carries us firmly into Reuben Fine's 'the king is a strong piece: use it!' endgame territory.
32.Qg4!
Thanks to the king doing a job on d3, rather than hiding away on g1, the white queen doesn't have to worry about defending e3. With the exchange of queens, White's pawn mass on the queenside becomes the most significant factor.
32...Qxg4 33.hxg4+/-
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 453
public poll
C: Ka7 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
Jonas, Kenneth, @Afshin3333, Jayden, @SteveWongso, @RichardPeng, Jaikrishnan
A: Ne4 – 3
👍👍👍 27%
@MerissaWongso, @Sophia_Peng, Atharva
B: g5 – 1
👍 9%
Sanjana
👥 11 people voted so far.
public poll
C: Ka7 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
Jonas, Kenneth, @Afshin3333, Jayden, @SteveWongso, @RichardPeng, Jaikrishnan
A: Ne4 – 3
👍👍👍 27%
@MerissaWongso, @Sophia_Peng, Atharva
B: g5 – 1
👍 9%
Sanjana
👥 11 people voted so far.