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Alexey Shirov vs Anatoly Karpov
Corsica Masters (2003) (rapid), Bastia FRA, rd 2, Nov-02
Russian Game: Classical Attack. Jaenisch Variation (C42)  ·  1-0

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Aug-13-04  nyarlathotepcraft: Impressive 22 move win by Shirov.
Aug-13-04  uponthehill: I guess 20. ...Nd5 was a bad move that striped black's king one of his defenders. I'd rather play 20. ...h6 or 20. ...g6
Sep-29-04
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  benveniste: 20 ...Nd5 was as good as anything in a lost position. Black not only has to contend with a King side assault, but also deal with the simple fork at d5.

I think 21 ...Rxd5 would have prolonged things a bit.

Nov-02-04  alogo: Agreed, the position after 20.Qf4 is lost already.
20. ... g6? 21.Bxf6 refutes a proposition above;
20. ... h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.d5 Bxc3 23.dxe6 Bxe1 24.exf7+ Kh8 25. fxe8Q+ Rxe8 26.Rxe1 wins a piece. After 20. ... Nd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 (instead of Bxd5) 22.Be4 wins the exchange since 22. ... Rd8 loses to 23.d5,
and 22. ... Bxg5 23. Nxg5 makes it even worse.

I think that 15. ... Qd6? with the "impressive" plan Qd6-d7-c8 after Rd8 is the source of all evil. How about 15. ... Qd7!? instead?

In a sense it's sad to see the former world champion, a legend of positional chess, losing in twenty-two moves.
Has the ageing Karpov lost his sense of danger or has active chess developed so much farther since his great times?

Mar-10-06  Brown: Karpov lost his sense of danger. He avoided the theoretical main line with 8.Nf6 and got creamed.
Jul-25-06  InspiredByMorphy: 18. ...Nd5 holds. For example 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 g6
Jul-26-06  crafty: 18...♘d5 19. ♗f4 ♖fe8 20. ♘xd5 ♗xd5 21. ♘g5 ♗xg5 22. ♗xg5 =   (eval 0.23; depth 12 ply; 500M nodes)

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