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Anatoly Karpov vs Karl-Heinz Maeder
Niemeyer Juniors Preliminary (1967), Groningen NED, rd 2, Dec-28
Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply) 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 ⩲ +0.53 (35 ply)better is 2...e6 3.Nge2 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.g4 b5 7.Bg2 = -0.25 (35 ply)= +0.31 (37 ply) after 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.Be2 Nxd4 better is 4.d3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Be3 d6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Bd7 = +0.34 (35 ply)= -0.25 (34 ply)better is 6...e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Bd2 Nxe2+ = -0.26 (30 ply)better is 7.O-O Nge7 8.f4 O-O 9.fxe5 dxe5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 = +0.36 (30 ply)= -0.18 (30 ply)better is 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxe7 Nxe7 10.Nxe7 Qxe7 11.c4 h5 12.h4 Bg4 = +0.28 (32 ply)better is 8...O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.Nd5 Qd7 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 Rae8 = -0.45 (28 ply)better is 9.Nd5 O-O 10.O-O Qd7 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 Rae8 13.c3 Bg4 = +0.12 (32 ply)= -0.46 (31 ply)better is 10...f5 11.Ned5 Qd7 12.Bg5 Rf7 13.Qd2 Raf8 14.Nxe7+ Nxe7 = -0.41 (34 ply)= +0.24 (33 ply) 11...b5 12.c3 Kh8 13.f4 exf4 14.Nxf4 Bd7 15.Bd2 Kg8 = -0.23 (32 ply) ⩲ +0.62 (34 ply) 12...Nb4 13.a3 Na6 14.c4 f5 15.Rb1 f4 16.Nc2 Bh6 17.Qg4 = +0.09 (33 ply) ⩲ +0.90 (32 ply)better is 15...Bh6 16.Be1 Re8 17.b4 Qd7 18.b5 b6 19.Bc3 Kg7 20.Re1 = +0.47 (31 ply) ⩲ +1.08 (31 ply) after 16.a5 Nhf5 17.b4 b5 18.axb6 axb6 19.b5 Qd7 20.Rb1 Rb7 better is 16...b6 17.bxc5 dxc5 18.Bxh6 Bxh6 19.Qf3 Nf5 20.Nxe5 Nd4 ⩲ +0.66 (30 ply) ⩲ +1.37 (31 ply)better is 17...b6 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Rxb8 Qxb8 20.Qb1 Nf6 21.Qxb8 ⩲ +1.07 (33 ply) 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.d6 Nf5 20.f4 exf4 21.Bxf4 b6 22.Qd2 Re8 ± +1.63 (33 ply)= +0.41 (35 ply)better is 20.Rb5 b6 21.Qd2 Rfc8 22.Rfb1 Nf5 23.a5 Nd4 24.R5b4 Nh7 ⩲ +1.07 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.54 (23 ply)better is 21...Rfc8 22.Qa1 Rc5 23.Rfb1 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 Rxd5 25.Qb2 = +0.35 (34 ply) ⩲ +0.86 (32 ply) after 22.Qd2 hxg3 23.fxg3 Bg7 24.Qf2 Nc8 25.Kh1 f5 26.Rfb1 Bh6 23.Qd2 h3 24.Be4 Rbc8 25.Rfb1 Rc7 26.Bf3 Rb8 27.Rb5 Nf5 ⩲ +1.04 (33 ply) 23...Rfc8 24.Rb1 Rc7 25.Na3 Rc5 26.Be4 Rxa5 27.Nc4 Ra6 = 0.00 (36 ply) ⩲ +1.32 (37 ply)better is 24...b6 25.axb6 h3 26.Bf3 axb6 27.Rxb6 Rxb6 28.Qxb6 Rd8 ⩲ +1.34 (36 ply) ± +1.95 (41 ply) 25...b6 26.axb6 axb6 27.Nxb6 Qf5 28.Nc4 Rxb4 29.cxb4 Qh5 ± +1.73 (39 ply)+- +4.53 (34 ply) 27.c4 Qxb3 28.R4xb3 b6 29.Ne4 Nc8 30.d6 Bd8 31.c5 f5 +- +4.78 (36 ply) 27...Nf5 28.c4 e4 29.Qxd3 exd3 30.Rd1 Be7 31.Rb3 Nd6 ⩲ +1.49 (36 ply)+- +5.47 (31 ply)31...Qxf3 32.Bxf3 Nc8 33.Nxf6 Kxf6 34.c5 Ne7 35.d6 Nf5 +- +6.15 (31 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
May-17-06  LluviaSean: Hmmm...some beginner's book told me to move a single piece just once in the opening...Mr. Maeder over here just moved his knight 5 times against the former world champ!!!
May-17-06
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  keypusher: <lluviasean> Six of Karpov's first 11 moves were with his knights.
Aug-30-06  Helios727: Did black resign because of the 2 passed pawns?
Mar-09-23
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  ManonFire: TO: Helios - Yes.
Mar-10-23
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  fredthebear: This is not a KIA. Those who know their Sicilian opening theory will recognize this game as the main line of the Closed Sicilian 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6. White's main options are 6.Be3 followed by Qd2 and possibly 0-0-0, and 6.f4 followed by Nf3 and 0-0. Karpov then began to play knight games.

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