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Anatoly Karpov vs Gennady Kuzmin
Leningrad Interzonal (1973), Leningrad URS, rd 7, Jun-12
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation. Open System Main Line (C09)  ·  1-0

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Dec-01-04
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  Honza Cervenka: This is a superb game of Karpov which shows well the importance of control of the open file with major pieces.

If 31...Nd7, then 32.Bxg6! fxg6 33.Qxg6 (treatening 34.Re8+) 33...Qc8 34.Re6 with a mate in several moves.

35...Qxc3 would not have been better for 36.Re3 Qc8 37.Re6 (threatening 38.Rxg6+ Kxg6 39.Qf6+ with mate.) 37...Kg8 38.Rxg6+! fxg6 39.Re6 and black is defenceless.

Apr-13-06
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  offramp: Karpov had a huge score against the French Tarrasch in the early 70s. But along came Viktor Kortschnoi - http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... - to show that strong players can play the opening without fear.
Jun-23-07
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  Chessical: 11...Qb6! 12.Bd3 a5 13.Nf5=
Dec-04-08  Woody Wood Pusher: Great game by Karpov, fearless advance of his KS pawns!
May-23-10  Rubenchik: calm ... before the storm, g4!
May-07-13  Poisonpawns: Question: What happens if black plays 18..d4
Sep-08-17  Toribio3: Karpov played like great Akiva Rubenstein.
Mar-29-23  Riptide: I don't quite understand the idea of advancing his kingside pawns while his king is still there. Can somebody please explain?
Mar-30-23  Petrosianic: Well, the point, as you saw, was to fix Black's K-side pawns so they could be attacked. As far as White's King still being there, it was shielded from attack. If Black still had a queenside Bishop to exploit the light colored squares, this might not have been true.
Mar-30-23  SChesshevsky: <...the idea of advancing his kingside pawns while his king is still there...>

Looks like Kuzmin goes for 20...h5 as an attempt to get some sort of counter play. Appears he's clearly worse with worse minor pieces vs. whites nice B&Q and control of the e-file.

Karpov's king side moves, starting 19. f4, appear a combination of straightening out his structure, keeping the black N's as bad as possible, and gaining space.

Pretty effective as black has to backup and take time just to readjust his pieces while white keeps improving his.

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