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PHẦN 2

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CHÂN DUNG MƯỜI NHÀ CHƠI CỜ VĨ ĐẠI

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PHẦN 2

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Capablanca, Jose Raul

The most important results:

Lasker - Capablanca [D 61] Havana 1921

Capablanca - Spielmann [D 38] New York 1927

Alekhine - Capablanca [E 15] New York 1927

Capablanca - Czerniak [B 22] Buenos Aires 1939

Botvinnik, Mikhail Moiseyevich

The most important results:

Botvinnik - Alekhine [D 41] Amsterdam 1938

Botvinnik - Capablanca [E 49] Amsterdam 1938

Botvinnik - Euwe [D 49] The Hague/Moscow 1948

Botvinnik - Tal [E 80] Moscow (m/21) 1961

Karpov, Anatoly Yevgenyevich

The most important results:

Karpov - Korchnoi [B 78] Moscow (m/2) 1974 - 18/433 (CI 18)

Karpov - Dorfman [B 81] USSR (ch) 1976 - 22/491 (CI 22)

Karpov - Korchnoi [C 80] Baguio City (m/8) 1978 - 26/286 (CI 26)

Timman - Karpov [A 28] Montreal 1979 - 28/40 (CI 28)

Karpov - Huebner [B 85] Bad Kissingen 1980 - 29/374 (CI 29)

Karpov - Sax [B 81] Linares 1983 - 35/299 (CI 35)

Capablanca, Jose Raul

One of the best chess player of the 20th century, selected by
the readers of Chess Informant

Birth: Nov 19, 1888 Havana, Cuba.
Death: Mar 8, 1942 New York, USA.
Nationality: CUB - Cuba.
Biographical data: Cuban player.
World Champion, 1921-1927.

The most important results:

1911  San Sebastian 1st
1913  New York 1st
1915  New York 1st
1916  New York 1st
1918  New York 1st
1919  Hastings 1st
1921  Havana (m), Lasker 9:5
1922  London 1st
1927  Buenos Aires (m), Alekhine 15,5:18,5
1927  New York 1st
1928  Berlin 1st
1928  Budapest 1st
1929  Ramsgate 1st
1929  Budapest 1st
1929  Barcelona 1st
1931  Amsterdam (m), Euwe 6:4
1931  New York 1st
1936  Moscow 1st
1938  Paris 1st

"Already in 1914 Capablanca played as well as Lasker. Never before or after have I met such a disheartening clarity of chess thought as that possessed by Capablanca."

A. Alekhine

"Without regard to all extraneous difficulties, which were much greater in this match than in my previous title defences, from the chess point of view it gave me pleasure. Playing Capablanca posed many complicated problems. His play is clear, logical and strong. There is nothing hidden, artificial or unnecessarily complex."

Em. Lasker

"Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess another style could be victorians than the absolutely correct one."

M. Euwe

"One can profit more from a single loss than a hundred wins."

Capablanca

Lasker - Capablanca [D 61]
Havana 1921

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5! 8.Rd1 Qa5 9.Bd3 [9.cd5 Nd5 10.Be7 Ne7 11.Bd3 Nf6=] 9...h6 10.Bh4 cd4 11.ed4 dc4 12.Bc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.0-0 Rac8 15.Ne5 [15.Qe2!? Nbd5 16.Ne5 Bc6 17.f4 white has the upper hand] 15...Bb5 16.Rfe1 Nbd5 17.Bd5? [17.Bf6! Bf6 18.Bd5 ed5 19.Ng4 Bg5 20.f4! Bh4 21.g3 Bd8 22.Qf5 Rc3 unclear] 17...Nd5 18.Be7 Ne7 19.Qb3 Bc6 20.Nc6 bc6 21.Re5 Qb6 22.Qc2 Rfd8 23.Ne2? [23.Na4!= Lasker] 23...Rd5 24.Rd5? cd5 25.Qd2 Nf5 [black has the upper hand] 26.b3 h5?! [26...g6! black has the upper hand] 27.h3? [27.Ng3! Ng3 28.hg3 Rc6 29.Qf4] 27...h4 28.Qd3 Rc6 29.Kf1 g6 30.Qb1 Qb4 31.Kg1 a5 32.Qb2 a4 33.Qd2 Qd2 34.Rd2 ab3 35.ab3 Rb6 36.Rd3 Ra6 37.g4 hg3 38.fg3 Ra2 39.Nc3 Rc2 40.Nd1 Ne7 41.Nc3 Rc1 42.Kf2 Nc6 43.Nd1 Rb1 44.Ke2 Rb3 45.Ke3 Rb4 46.Nc3 Ne7 47.Ne2 Nf5 48.Kf2 g5 49.g4 Nd6 50.Ng1 Ne4 51.Kf1 Rb1 52.Kg2 Rb2 53.Kf1 Rf2 54.Ke1 Ra2 55.Kf1 Kg7 56.Re3 Kg6 57.Rd3 f6 58.Re3 Kf7 59.Rd3 Ke7 60.Re3 Kd6 61.Rd3 Rf2 62.Ke1 Rg2 63.Kf1 Ra2 64.Re3 e5 65.Rd3 ed4 66.Rd4 Kc5 67.Rd1 d4 68.Rc1 Kd5   0-1

Capablanca - Lasker, 1921

Capablanca - Spielmann [D 38]
New York 1927

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nd7 4.Nc3 Ngf6 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.cd5 ed5 7.Qa4 Bc3? [7...Qe7! 8.e3 c6 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 0-0 11.0-0 Re8 12.Rfe1 Qf8= Alekhine] 8.bc3 0-0 9.e3 c5 10.Bd3 c4 11.Bc2 Qe7 [11...Re8!? 12.0-0 Re6 13.Bf5 Ra6 14.Qc2 white stands slightly better] 12.0-0 a6 13.Rfe1 Qe6 14.Nd2 b5 15.Qa5 Ne4 [15...Bb7!] 16.Ne4 de4 17.a4 Qd5 18.ab5! Qg5 19.Be4 Rb8 [19...Ra7 20.b6! Qa5 21.ba7! Bb7 22.Ra5 Be4 23.Ra6+- Alekhine] 20.ba6 Rb5 21.Qc7 Nb6 22.a7 Bh3 23.Reb1 Rb1 24.Rb1 f5 25.Bf3 f4 26.ef4   1-0

Alekhin - Capablanca, 1927

Alekhine - Capablanca [E 15]
New York 1927

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5?! 6.d5! ed5 7.Nh4 g6! 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bf4 [10.cd5 d6 11.e4 Nbd7 12.f4 Re8 13.Qc2 white has the upper hand] 10...d6 11.cd5 Nh5 12.Bd2 Nd7 13.f4? [13.e4! Nhf6 14.f4 Alekhine] 13...a6 14.Bf3? [14.a4! Alekhine] 14...Nhf6 15.a4 c4! 16.Be3 Qc7 17.g4 Nc5 18.g5 Nfd7 19.f5 Rfe8 20.Bf4 Be5 21.Bg4 [21.Bg2! Alekhine] 21...Nb3 22.fg6 hg6 23.Rb1 Bc3 24.bc3 Qc5 25.e3 Ne5 26.Bf3 Nd3! 27.Kh1 Bd5 28.Rb3 Nf4 29.Rb1 Re3 30.Ng2 Rf3 31.Rf3 Ng2 32.Kg2 Re8 33.Kf1 Bf3 34.Qf3 Qg5 35.Re1 Re1 36.Ke1 Qg1 37.Kd2 Qh2 38.Kc1 Qe5 39.Kb2 Kg7 40.Qf2 b5 41.Qb6 ba4 42.Qa6 Qe2   0-1

From the left, back row: Maroczy, Nimzovich, dr. Vidmar,
dr. Alekhine, Capablanca, Lederer
front row: Spielmann, Marshall
New York, 1927

Capablanca - Czerniak [B 22]
Buenos Aires 1939

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.c4 Nc6?! 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.cd5! Qd5 7.Be2 e6 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.h3 Bh5 11.a3 Rd8? 12.g4! Bg6 13.b4 Bb4!? 14.ab4 Qa1 15.Qb3 Rd4! 16.Ba3! Bc2 17.Qc2 Qa3 18.Nb5 Qb4 19.Nfd4 Nd4 20.Nd4! [20.Qc8? Ke7 21.Qh8 Ne2 22.Kg2 Nf4 23.Kg1 Nh3-+] 20...0-0 21.Rd1 Nd5 22.Bf3 Nf4 23.Kh2 e5 24.Nf5 g6 25.Ne3 Ne6 26.Nd5 Qa3 27.Rd3 Qa1 28.Rd1 Qa3 29.Rd3 Qa1 30.Qd2 Kg7 31.Qe2 f6 32.Qe3 a6 33.Rd1 Qb2 34.Nc3! Nd4 35.Rb1 Qc2 36.Be4   1-0

Moscow, 1925

Botvinnik, Mikhail Moiseyevich

One of the best chess player of the 20th century, selected by
the readers of Chess Informant

Birth: Aug 17, 1911, Kuokkala, Russia
Death: May 5, 1995, Moscow, Russia
International Grandmaster, 1950
USSR Champion, 1931, 1933, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1952
World Champion, 1948-1957, 1958-1960, 1961-1963

The most important results:

1935  Moscow 1st-2nd
1936  Nottingham 1st-2nd
1938  Amsterdam (AVRO) 3rd
1946  Groningen 1st
1947  Moscow 1st
1948  The Hague/Moscow 1st
1954  Moscow (m), Smyslov 12:12
1957  Moscow (m), Smyslov 9,5:12,5
1958  Moscow (m), Smyslov 12,5:10,5
1960  Moscow (m), Tal 8,5:12,5
1961  Moscow (m), Tal 13:8
1961/62  Hastings 1st
1962  Stockholm 1st
1963  Moscow (m), Petrosian 9,5:12,5
1963  Amsterdam 1st
1965  Nordwijk 1st
1966/67  Hastings 1st
1969  Wijk aan Zee 1st-2nd

The Man - The Monument

A match
'USSR vs. the rest of the World'

I am looking at the photograph of the participants of a match 'USSR vs.
the rest of the World'. Four ex and one current World Champions are sitting in the front row. The others are standing.
I can see Mikhail Botvinnik's head sticking out from the third row. Botvinnik is standing in the third row!

On a wall of the House of Chess in Moscow, there are thirteen photographs of  The World Champions. The photo of Mikhail Botvinnik caught my eyes with its magnetic power. With his strong hand shake and scrutinizing and concentrated look, Botvinnik observes the person he meets for the first time.

Cartoon by J. Prokopljevic

He keeps the gusle* he was given in Montenegro on a special spot in his flat.

In the thirties, when it was an absolute rarity in the USSR for a private person to own a car, the government gave him one. He showed me a document stating that Mikhail Botvinnik was granted a monthly purchase of petrol in the amount of several dozens of litres. The document was signed by J.V. Stalin.

Mikhail Botvinnik was granted a monthly purchase
of petrol in the amount of 250 l.

Botvinnik was a Chairman of the Soviet-Dutch Association. After being invited to visit the Netherlands, he applied for the passport and visa. The Sports Minister told him that his application would be considered. To this, Botvinnik replied: "Tomorrow at noon I'm coming back to collect my passport and visa.
If the documents are not ready by then, I'm calling a press conference to announce my withdrawal from the membership in the Soviet Chess Federation." The next day at noon sharp, his passport and visa were ready. Only Mikhail Botvinnik could speak with the Soviet Minister like that.

Botvinnik-Bronstein, 1951

On one occasion, Kasparov made a list of his ten closest friends, among which were his mother, Botvinnik and some others. Later, during the Soviet Championship, in a dispute, acting as a referee of the tournament and according to his own conscience, Botvinnik arbitrated against Kasparov.

After that incident, their relationship was spoilt for good. Botvinnik never made concessions and compromises to the detriment of principles. It was the way he lived and this made him a monument during his lifetime.

Botvinnik always propounded four conditions on which success of chess players depended: talent, character, good health and special preparations. Kotov summarized in two words the entire Botvinnik's contribution to chess: 'SCHOLARLY NATURE'.

Smyslov-Botvinnik, 1958

The chess history records dual behavior of chess players in their old age. Some stay devoted or bound to competitive chess. The others however, including Botvinnik, after realizing that their talent and knowledge are not decisive, but staying awake on a night after a lost match, they do not to want to drag their names on the margins any more.

He turned the last page of his life and devoted himself to studying the use of computers in chess. Could computers play better than Grandmasters one day? Yes, they could', says Botvinnik. 'Yet chess will still be played. People invented cars and planes but they are still competing in a 100 and 1000 meters runs'.

*(a Balkan musical instrument)

By A. Matanovic

Botvinnik - Alekhine [D 41]
Amsterdam 1938

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cd5 Nd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bc4 cd4 8.ed4 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 b6?! [10...Nc3! 11.bc3 b6 Botvinnik] 11.Nd5! ed5 12.Bb5 Bd7? [12...Bb7! 13.Qa4 Rc8 14.Bf4 a6! Kasparov] 13.Qa4 Nb8 [13...Rc8 14.Bd2! a6 15.Bc6 Bc6 16.Qa6± Kasparov] 14.Bf4 Bb5 15.Qb5 a6 16.Qa4 Bd6 17.Bd6 Qd6 18.Rac1 Ra7 19.Qc2 Re7 20.Re7 Qe7 21.Qc7 Qc7 [21...Qe6!? 22.h3±] 22.Rc7 f6! 23.Kf1± Rf7 24.Rc8 Rf8 25.Rc3! g5 26.Ne1 h5 27.h4!! Nd7 28.Rc7 Rf7 29.Nf3 g4 30.Ne1 f5 31.Nd3 f4 32.f3 gf3 33.gf3 a5 34.a4 Kf8 35.Rc6 Ke7 36.Kf2 Rf5 37.b3 Kd8 38.Ke2 Nb8 39.Rg6 Kc7 40.Ne5 Na6 41.Rg7 Kc8 42.Nc6 Rf6 43.Ne7 Kb8 44.Nd5 Rd6 45.Rg5 Nb4 46.Nb4 ab4 47.Rh5 Rc6 48.Rb5 Kc7 49.Rb4 Rh6 50.Rb5 Rh4 51.Kd3   1-0

Botvinnik - Capablanca [E 49]
Amsterdam 1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Bc3 6.bc3 c5 7.cd5 ed5 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Ne2 b6 10.0-0 Ba6 11.Ba6 Na6 12.Bb2? [12.Qd3!] 12...Qd7 13.a4 Rfe8? [13...cd4!? 14.cd4 Rfc8! Botvinnik] 14.Qd3 c4? [14...Qb7! Botvinnik] 15.Qc2 Nb8 16.Rae1 Nc6 17.Ng3 Na5 [17...Ne4 18.Nh1! f5 19.f3± Botvinnik] 18.f3 Nb3 19.e4 Qa4 20.e5 Nd7 21.Qf2 g6 22.f4 f5 23.ef6 Nf6 24.f5 Re1 25.Re1 Re8 [25...Rf8 26.Qf4 Qa2 27.fg6 Qb2 28.g7 Kg7 29.Nf5 Kh8 30.Qd6 Rf7 31.Qf6+- Botvinnik] 26.Re6! Re6 [26...Kg7 27.Rf6! Kf6 28.fg6 Kg6 (28...Ke7 29.Qf7 Kd8 30.g7) 29.Qf5 Kg7 30.Nh5 Kh6 31.h4! Rg8 32.g4 Qc6 33.Ba3!+-] 27.fe6 Kg7 28.Qf4 Qe8 29.Qe5 Qe7 30.Ba3!! Qa3 31.Nh5! gh5 32.Qg5 Kf8 33.Qf6 Kg8 34.e7 Qc1 35.Kf2 Qc2 36.Kg3 Qd3 37.Kh4 Qe4 38.Kh5 Qe2 39.Kh4 Qe4 40.g4 Qe1 41.Kh5   1-0

Botvinnik - Euwe [D 49]
The Hague/Moscow 1948

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dc4 7.Bc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cd4 11.Nb5 ab5 [11...Ne5= Botvinnik] 12.ef6 Qb6 [12...gf6!] 13.fg7 Bg7 14.0-0 Nc5 15.Bf4 Bb7 16.Re1 Rd8? [16...Nd3!? 17.Qd3 Bf3 18.Qf3 0-0 19.Qg3 f6 unclear Keres] 17.Rc1 Rd5 18.Be5 Be5 19.Re5 Re5 20.Ne5 Nd3 [20...Rg8! Keres] 21.Qd3 f6 22.Qg3! fe5 23.Qg7 Rf8 24.Rc7 Qc7 25.Qc7 Bd5 26.Qe5 d3 27.Qe3 Bc4 28.b3 Rf7 29.f3! Rd7 30.Qd2 e5 31.bc4 bc4 32.Kf2 Kf7 [32...c3 33.Qc3 d2 34.Qc8 Ke7 35.Qd7+-] 33.Ke3 Ke6 34.Qb4 Rc7 35.Kd2 Rc6 36.a4   1-0

Botvinnik - Tal [E 80]
Moscow (m/21) 1961

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 Nbd7 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 0-0 8.d5 Nh5 9.Qd2 f5 10.0-0-0 a6 11.Kb1 Ndf6 12.ef5 gf5 13.Ng3 Qe8 14.Bd3 Ng3 [14...Qg6 15.Nh5 Qh5 16.h3 f4 17.Bf2±; 14...e4!? 15.Nh5 Nh5 16.fe4 f4 Botvinnik] 15.hg3 c5 16.Bh6 Qg6 17.g4 b5 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Rh4 bc4 20.Bc2 h6! 21.Rdh1 Qg5 22.Qg5 hg5 23.Rh6 fg4 [23...e4!? 24.fe4 (24.gf5 Bf5 25.fe4 Bh7 unclear) 24...Ng4 25.Rd6 white stands slightly better Botvinnik] 24.fg4 Bg4 25.Rg6 Kf7 26.Rf1 Ke7 27.Rg7 Ke8 28.Ne4 Nd7 [28...Ne4 29.Ba4] 29.Nd6 Kd8 30.Rf8 Nf8 31.Nc4 Bd7 32.Rf7 Kc7 33.d6   1-0

Petrosian-Botvinnik, 1963

Karpov, Anatoly Yevgenyevich

One of the best chess player of the 20th century, selected by
the readers of Chess Informant

Birth: May 23, 1951 Zlatoust, USSR
Nationality: RUS - Russia
Biographical data: USSR player
International Master, 1969.
International Grandmaster, 1970.
European Junior Champion, 1967-68.
World Junior Champion, 1969.
USSR Champion, 1976, 1982, 1988.
World Champion, 1975-1985, 1993-1999.

The most important results:

1968  Moscow 1st
1969  Stockholm 1st
1970  Kuibyshev 1st
1971  Daugavpils 1st
1971  Leningrad (m), Korchnoi 3:3
1973  Madrid 1st
1974  Moscow (m), Polugaevsky 5,5:2,5
1974  Leningrad (m), Spassky 7:4
1974  Moscow (m), Korchnoi 12,5:11,5
1975  Portoroz/Ljubljana 1st
1976  Amsterdam 1st
1977  Bad Lauterberg 1st
1977  Las Palmas 1st
1977  Tilburg 1st
1978  Baguio City (m), Korchnoi 16,5:15,5
1979  Tilburg 1st
1980  Bad Kissingen 1st
1980  Bugojno 1st
1980  Amsterdam 1st
1980  Tilburg 1st
1981  Meran (m), Korchnoi 11:7
1981  Linares 1st
1981  Moscow 1st
1982  Tilburg 1st
1983  Tilburg 1st
1984  London 1st
1984/85  Moscow (m), Kasparov 25:23
1985  Moscow (m), Kasparov 11:13
1985  Amsterdam 1st
1986  London/Leningrad (m), Kasparov 11,5:12,5
1986  Bugojno 1st
1987  Sevilla (m), Kasparov 12:12
1988  Wijk aan Zee 1st
1988  Tilburg 1st
1990  Biel 1st
1990  New York/Lyon (m), Kasparov 11,5:12,5
1991  Reggio Emilia 1st
1992  Biel 1st
1993  Dortmund 1st
1993  Netherlands/Indonessia (m), Timman 12,5:8,5
1994  Linares 1st
1995  Groningen 1st
1996  Elista (m), Kamsky 10,5:7,5
1998  Lausanne (m), Anand 5:3

Karpov versus Fischer?

It is easier to earn than to keep.
It is even easier to make a move and
then to think.

Cartoon by J. Prokopljevic

Within two years, Karpov became both the junior world champion and a grandmaster. No one had ever done it before. Chess experts directed their scrutiny at this twenty-year-old youngster from an unheard-of Siberian town called Zlatoust. Just a year latter, on December 18, 1971, Botvinnik enthused: "Remember this day: a star of the first magnitude has appeared in the chess firmament."

Already two years latter the Brazilian Mecking, who has a rather high opinion of himself, was forced to expand his list of the world's best: "They're Fischer, myself and Karpov."

Many years have gone by since Reykjavik. Since then, Fischer appeared only in several court cases, and only President Marcos of the Philippines had an occasion to play a game with him. In the meanwhile, which has never recovered from its disappointment over never seeing the Fischer-Karpov match or ceased hoping that such an encounter and Fischer's comeback would take place.

Now that the dust has settled, one question still remains unanswered or perhaps has too many answers: Why did Fischer not want a match with Karpov? Why did he set out his conditions to FIDE in 63 points? Why did one of the conditions call for the organizers to make available to the players the make of car of their choice, even if it is to be a fifty-year-old model? When the Soviet representatives objected that such a demand was unreasonable and that such old models might not be available in Moscow, the suggestion came that in such a case the entire match should be played in New York City.

The other side acquiesced to this proposal, on condition that a player could demand, if he so wished, a Russian troika instead of a car.

The negotiation of conditions had turned into a farce, and when FIDE offered as a compromise that the length of the match should not be limited, as demanded by Fischer, but that the challenger did not have to have two points advantage in order to win the match, negotiations broke down. Fischer did not want to accept FIDE's ruling, and the match did not take place.

Karpov is the world champion who after winning his title did not rest on his laurels but went on playing at one tournament after another-and winning-and so 30 years.

By A. Matanovic

Karpov - Korchnoi [B 78]
Moscow (m/2) 1974 - 18/433 (CI 18)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.0-0-0 Nc4 13.Bc4 Rc4 14.h5 Nh5 15.g4 Nf6 16.Nde2! Qa5 [16...Re8 17.e5 de5 18.g5±] 17.Bh6 Bh6 [17...Bh8 18.Bf8 Kf8 white stands slightly better] 18.Qh6 Rfc8 19.Rd3 [19.Rd5 Qd8 20.g5 Nh5 21.Nf4 Qf8 22.Qf8 Kf8 23.Nh5 gh5 24.Rh5 Kg7 white stands slightly better Botvinnik] 19...R4c5? [19...Qd8 20.e5 (20.g5 Nh5 21.Nf4 Qf8 22.Qf8 Kf8 23.Nh5 gh5 24.Rh5 Kg7 white stands slightly better) 20...de5 21.g5 (21.Ng3 Qf8 22.Qf8 Rf8 23.g5 Bc6 24.gf6 ef6 black stands slightly better) 21...Nh5 22.Ng3 Qf8 23.Qf8 Kf8 24.Nh5 Bf5 25.Ng3 Bd3 26.cd3 Rf4= Botvinnik] 20.g5!!+- [20.Nd5 Rc2] 20...Rg5 [20...Nh5 21.Nf4 Rg5 22.Ncd5+-] 21.Rd5! Rd5 22.Nd5 Re8 23.Nef4 Bc6 [23...Be6 24.Ne6! (24.e5? de5! 25.Nf6 ef6 26.Nh5 gh5 27.Rg1 Bg4 28.fg4 Qc5) 24...fe6 25.Nf6 ef6 26.Qh7 Kf8 27.Qd7!+-] 24.e5!! Bd5 [24...de5 25.Nf6 ef6 26.Nh5!+-] 25.ef6 ef6 26.Qh7 Kf8 27.Qh8 [27... Ke7 28.Nd5 Qd5 29.Re1]   1-0

Korchnoi-Karpov, 1981

Karpov - Dorfman [B 81]
USSR (ch) 1976 - 22/491 (CI 22)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 Be7 7.g5 Nfd7 8.h4!? Nc6 9.Be3 a6 10.Qe2!? Qc7 11.0-0-0 b5 12.Nc6! [12.Nf5; 12.Nd5; 12.Bg2] 12...Qc6 13.Bd4! b4 [13...Bb7 14.a3±; 13...e5 14.Be3...Nd5±] 14.Nd5 ed5 15.Bg7 [15.ed5? Qd5 16.Bg7 Qh1 17.Re1 Ne5 18.Be5 de5 19.Qe5 0-0!-+] 15...Rg8 16.ed5 Qc7 17.Bf6! [17.Re1 Ne5 18.Be5 de5-+] 17...Ne5 18.Be5 de5 19.f4! Bf5 [19...ef4? 20.d6+-; 19...Bd6 20.fe5 Be5 21.d6] 20.Bh3 Bh3 21.Rh3 Rc8 22.fe5 Qc4! 23.Rdd3 Qf4 24.Kb1 Rc4! 25.d6 Re4 26.Rhe3 Re3 [26...Rg5 27.hg5 Bg5 28.d7 Kd8 29.Rd1!! Karpov] 27.Re3 Qh4 [27...Rg5 28.hg5 Bg5 29.d7 Ke7 (29...Kd8 30.Qa6+-) 30.d8Q Kd8 31.Rd3+- Karpov] 28.Qf3! Qg5! [28...Bg5 29.e6!
+-] 29.Re1!? [29.Qc6 Kf8 30.de7 Qe7 31.Qh6 Rg7 white stands slightly better] 29...Qg2 [29...Qg4 30.Qd3 unclear] 30.Qf5 Rg6 31.Rf1 Qd5 32.de7 Ke7 [32...a5 33.Qh5 h6 34.e6!! Rf6! 35.ef7 Rf7 (35...Ke7 36.Rf6+-; 35...Qf7 36.Qb5±) 36.Qg6] 33.Qf4 a5 34.Qh4 Ke8 35.Qh7 Qf3 36.Qh8 Ke7 [36...Kd7 37.e6!] 37.Qh4 Ke8 38.Qc4! Qb7 39.b3!+- Re6 40.Rg1 Re5 41.Rg8 Ke7 42.Qh4 Kd7 43.Qf6! Re7 44.Qf5 Kd6 45.Qa5 Re5 46.Qd8 Ke6 47.Kb2! f6 48.Rf8 Qg7 49.Qc8 Kd5 50.Qc4   1-0

Karpov - Korchnoi [C 80]
Baguio City (m/8) 1978 - 26/286 (CI 26)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Ne4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.de5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 g6?! [10...Nb3?! 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Be3±; 10...d4] 11.Qe2 Bg7 12.Nd4! Ne5 [12...Nd4 13.cd4±; 12...Qd7 13.Nc6 Qc6 14.Nf3 white stands slightly better] 13.f4 Nc4 14.f5± gf5 15.Nf5 Rg8 [15...0-0 16.Ng7 Kg7 17.Bc4 bc4 18.Nc4±] 16.Nc4! [16.Bc2!?; 16.Nf3!?] 16...dc4 [16...bc4 17.Be3! cb3 18.Bc5 ba2 19.Ne7 Rh8 20.Rf7±] 17.Bc2 Nd3 [17...Qd5 18.Bh6 Be5 19.Rad1 Nd3 20.Bd3 cd3 21.Rd3 Qc5 22.Kh1 Rd8 23.Rfd1! Rd3 24.Qd3+- Tal] 18.Bh6 Bf8 [18...Bh6 19.Nh6 Rg6 20.Nf7 Qe7 21.Bd3 (21.Rae1 Ne1 22.Bg6 hg6 23.Re1 Qf7 24.Qe6 white stands slightly better) 21...cd3 22.Qe4 Qc5 23.Rf2 Qd5 24.Qd5 Bd5 25.Ne5 Rd6 26.Nd3 Ba2 27.Nc5+- Najdorf] 19.Rad1 Qd5 20.Bd3 cd3 21.Rd3+- Qc6 [21...Bc5 22.Kh1 Rg2 23.Ng7! (23.Qg2? Qd3 24.Qa8 Kd7-+) 23...Ke7 24.Qe6+-] 22.Bf8 Qb6 [22...Kf8 23.Nd4 Qb6 24.Qe6+-; 22...Rf8 23.Nd4+-] 23.Kh1 Kf8 24.Qf3 Re8 [24...Rb8 25.Nh6 Rg7 26.Qf6 c5 27.Re1 Re8 28.Nf5 Rg6 29.Qh8 Rg8 30.Qh7+- Zaitsev] 25.Nh6 Rg7 26.Rd7! Rb8 27.Nf7 Bd7 28.Nd8   1-0

Milov-Karpov, Biel 1997

Timman - Karpov [A 28]
Montreal 1979 - 28/40 (CI 28)

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.d4 ed4 6.Nd4 0-0 [6...Nd4 7.Qd4 0-0 8.Be2 d6 9.0-0 white stands slightly better] 7.Nc6 [7.Be2] 7...bc6 8.Be2 d5 9.0-0 Bd6 10.b3 [10.cd5 cd5 11.b3=] 10...Qe7! 11.Bb2 [11.Qc2] 11...dc4! [11...Rd8 12.cd5 Qe5!? (12...cd5 13.Nb5 Ba6 14.Nd4 white stands slightly better) 13.g3 Bh3 14.Re1 Bb4 15.Qc2 Bf5 16.Qc1 cd5 17.Bf3 white stands slightly better] 12.bc4?! [12.Bc4 Qe5! 13.g3 Bh3] 12...Rb8 13.Qc1 Ng4 14.g3 [14.h3 Qe5 15.g3 Ne3!-+; 14.Bg4 Bg4 black has the upper hand] 14...Re8 15.Nd1? [15.Bf3 Ne5 16.Be2] 15...Nh2! 16.c5 [16.Kh2 Qh4 17.Kg1 Bg3 18.fg3 Qg3 19.Kh1 Re4! (19...Re6 20.Bf6!) 20.Rf4 Rf4 21.ef4 Qe1 22.Kg2 Qe2-+] 16...Nf1 17.cd6 Ng3!! 18.fg3 Qd6 19.Kf2 [19.Kg2 Qh6 20.g4 Qg5 with attack] 19...Qh6 20.Bd4 Qh2 21.Ke1 Qg3 22.Kd2 Qg2!-+ 23.Nb2 Ba6 24.Nd3 [24.Qf1 Qh2] 24...Bd3! 25.Kd3 Rbd8 26.Bf1 Qe4 27.Kc3 c5! 28.Bc5 Qc6 29.Kb3 Rb8 30.Ka3 Re5 31.Bb4 Qb6 [32.Qd2 Re3]   0-1

Karpov - Huebner [B 85]
Bad Kissingen 1980 - 29/374 (CI 29)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.f4 0-0 9.Kh1 Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Qe1 Nd4 12.Bd4 Bc6 13.Qg3 b5 14.a3 g6?! [14...Qc7 15.Rac1; 14...Qd7!?] 15.Bf3 Qd7 16.Rad1 Qb7 17.f5! e5 [17...Ne4? 18.Ne4 Be4 19.f6 Bd8 20.Qh4+-] 18.Be3 b4 19.ab4 Qb4 20.Bg5! Qb2 21.Rd3 Qc2 22.Bd1 Qb2 23.Bf6! [23.Qh4?! Ne4!] 23...Bf6 24.Rd6 Bb5 [24...Bh4? 25.Qh4 Qc3 26.Qh6+-] 25.Rf2 Qc1? [25...Qa1!? 26.fg6!? (26.Rf6?! Rac8) 26...Bg7 27.gf7 Kh8 28.h3±] 26.Rf6 Rac8 [26...Rad8 27.fg6 Rd1 28.Nd1 Qd1 29.Rf1 Bf1 30.gf7 Kh8 31.Qe5 Bg2 32.Kg2 Qg4 33.Kf2 Qg7 34.h4+-] 27.Rc2! Qa1 [27...Rc3 28.Rc1 Rc1 29.Rd6 Ba4 30.Qe1 Rb8 31.f6+-] 28.fg6 hg6 [28...Rc3 29.gf7 Kh8 30.Qe5 Ra3 31.Rb2+-] 29.Rd6 Rc7 30.Qe5 Rfc8 31.Qd5! [31.Rcd2? Qc3] 31...Kg7 [31...Rc3 32.Rg6+-] 32.Qd4 Kh7 33.Nb5   1-0

Karpov - Sax [B 81]
Linares 1983 - 35/299 (CI 35)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.Rg1 Be7 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Qe2 Bd7 10.h4 Nd4 11.Bd4 e5 12.Be3 Bc6 13.Qd3! Qa5 [13...Nh7 14.g5 hg5 15.Nd5 white stands slightly better] 14.0-0-0 Ne4 [14...0-0-0 15.g5 d5 16.gf6 de4 17.Qc4!?] 15.Ne4 d5 16.Qb3! de4 17.Bc4 Rf8 [17...0-0 18.g5] 18.Rd5! Bd5 [18...Qc7 19.Rgd1] 19.Bd5 Rd8 [19...Qb4 20.Bb7 Qb3 21.ab3 Rb8 22.Bc6 Kd8 23.Ba7 Kc7 24.Bb8 Rb8 25.Be4± Karpov] 20.Bc4! Bb4! [20...Bd6 21.Qb7 Qc7 22.Qe4±] 21.c3 b5! 22.Be2 Bd6 23.Qd5! Ke7?! [23...Qc7 24.Bb5 (24.g5) 24...Ke7 25.Qe4] 24.Bc5! Bc5 only move [24...f6 25.Bc4! Rd7 26.Rd1+-] 25.Qe5 Kd7 26.Qc5 Qc7 27.Qf5 Ke7 [27...Kc6 28.Qb5 Kd6 29.Qb4+-] 28.Qe4 Kd7 29.Qf5 Ke7 30.Re1 Rd6 31.Bc4 Kd8 32.Bb5 a6 33.Ba4! g6 34.Qf3! Kc8 35.Re7! Rd1 [35...Qe7 36.Qa8 Kc7 37.Qa7 Kd8 38.Qb8# Karpov] 36.Kd1 Qe7 [36...Rd8 37.Rd7 Rd7 38.Bd7 Qd7 39.Kc1+-] 37.Qa8 Kc7 38.Qa7 Kd6 39.Qb6 [39... Kd5 40.Qd4 Ke6 41.Bb3#]   1-0

Groningen/Lausanne (wch), 1997/98

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