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Nigel Short vs Anatoly Karpov
SWIFT Blitz (1987) (blitz), Brussels BEL, Apr-26
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack. Modern Variation (B10)  ·  1-0

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Oct-08-03  drukenknight: Karpov and carokann, is 26...Bf5 any better?
Oct-09-03  Cyphelium: drukenk> It is interesting, but white seems to be winning after 26.- Bf5 27. exd6 Rxg4 28. Kf1 or instead 27.- Bxg4 28. Qg3 Rg6 29. Bg2. In both cases white is a piece up.
Oct-09-03  drukenknight: cyph look at this line: 26.. Bf5 27. exd6 Bxg4 28 Qg2 Kd7 29 Kf1 Qh4 30 Re3 Be2+!

you want to put the Q on g3, so I dunno.

Oct-09-03  drukenknight: Maybe this line is simpler and better: 26....h5 27 exd6 Rxg4+ 28 Kf1 Qxd6
Oct-09-03  Cyphelium: drukenk> Sorry, my last post was silly. It's easier than I thought. On 26.- Bf5 27. exd6 Bxg4 the right move is 28. Bc6+. Now 28.- Kf8 runs into 29. Bxh6+ and Rxc6 doesn't change anything.

Actually, white can play Bc6+ earlier. 26.- Bf5 27. Bc6+ and 27.- Kf8 28. Bxh6+ or 27.- Ke7 28. exd6+ Qxd6 29. Qxf5.

The same idea might be employed against 26.- h5. 27. Bc6+ wins here as well.

Oct-09-03  drukenknight: Yeah I noticed that move this morning when we were playing it; it seems to be hanging over the whole game like a dark cloud. I guess that is why he moved the Q on move 26 to make space for the K.

It looks like it got really messed up somewhere else.

Oct-09-03  drukenknight: He lost so much time and he didnt get the B out. He was hitting Shorts pieces and getting back tempo so it looked it okay for a while. Then when Short starts doing the same thing, hitting his pieces, he suddenly he loses tempo....

Look when he moves that B to c2. Does he have to move it? What about 21...Qh4?

Oct-10-03  Cyphelium: 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rd1 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Nf4 and I guess this was what you were aiming for? White looks worse, but actually escapes after 25. Ke1 Qg1+ 26. Nf1 Rh1 27. Bxf4 Qxf1+ 28. Kd2.

Also, if white would have felt unsure about his calculating abilities, he might have chosen to play 21.- Qh4 22. Bxd5 first. 22.- exd5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Re1 and white is a piece up again.

Oct-24-04  chesed: 16 ...Nh5 was a mistake. what was karpov's thoughts over this move?

16. ...Nh5
17. Qf3 Qh4 maybe?

he probably thought that that was useless as after

18. g3 Qh3
19. Qg2

Black achieves nothing.

Mar-29-24  Ricosupercapo: Good win for Nigel, given that he came out of the opening with a dodgy position.

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