Karpov – Korchnoi Karpov Korchnoi Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1978.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: World Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov"] [Black "Korchnoi"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "57"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 {The Open Variation has always been one of Korchnoi's favorite defenses.} 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 {White wants to eliminate Black's strong knight on e4 and is willing to let Black trade off his Bb3 by ...Nc5 and ... Nxb3.} Nc5 10.c3 g6 {Black hopes to attack the pawn at e5, but this plan loses time and creates weaknesses at h6 and f6 which Black doesn't have time to defend.} 11.Qe2 Bg7 12.Nd4 {White begins his attack before Black can castle. He is willing to give up his pawn on e5 to open the e-file onto Black's king.} Nxe5 {12...Nxd4 13.cxd4 Nxb3 14.Nxb3 White has a clear advantage due to his lock on c5 and Black's bad bishop on e6.} 13.f4 {Now White will use his f-pawn to open more lines onto Black's king.} Nc4 14.f5 {The thematic breakthrough.} gxf5 15.Nxf5 Rg8 {15...O-O 16.Nxg7 Kxg7 17.Qh5} 16.Nxc4 dxc4 17.Bc2 Nd3 {Black hopes to defend by shutting the Bc2 out of the game.} 18.Bh6 {White prep ares to beak in on the f-file by trading off Black's last defensive piece on the kingside.} Bf8 19.Rad1 Qd5 20.Bxd3 cxd3 21.Rxd3 Qc6 {White dominates the center and his pieces are much more active. Black is close to defeat.} 22.Bxf8 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Kxf8 24.Qf3 Re8 25.Nh6 Rg7 26.Rd7 Rb8 {It's mate after 26...Bxd7 27.Qxf7+ Rxf7 28.Rxf7+} 27.Nxf7 Bxd7 28.Nd8+ {Black resigned, since he will be mated in a few moves. If you have trouble finding the mate, I'll show you.} Ke7 29.Qf8# 1-0 [Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov"] [Black "Korchnoi"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "57"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 {The Open Variation has always been one of Korchnoi's favorite defenses.} 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 {White wants to eliminate Black's strong knight on e4 and is willing to let Black trade off his Bb3 by ...Nc5 and ... Nxb3.} Nc5 10.c3 g6 {Black hopes to attack the pawn at e5, but this plan loses time and creates weaknesses at h6 and f6 which Black doesn't have time to defend.} 11.Qe2 Bg7 12.Nd4 {White begins his attack before Black can castle. He is willing to give up his pawn on e5 to open the e-file onto Black's king.} Nxe5 {12...Nxd4 13.cxd4 Nxb3 14.Nxb3 White has a clear advantage due to his lock on c5 and Black's bad bishop on e6.} 13.f4 {Now White will use his f-pawn to open more lines onto Black's king.} Nc4 14.f5 {The thematic breakthrough.} gxf5 15.Nxf5 Rg8 {15...O-O 16.Nxg7 Kxg7 17.Qh5} 16.Nxc4 dxc4 17.Bc2 Nd3 {Black hopes to defend by shutting the Bc2 out of the game.} 18.Bh6 {White prep ares to beak in on the f-file by trading off Black's last defensive piece on the kingside.} Bf8 19.Rad1 Qd5 20.Bxd3 cxd3 21.Rxd3 Qc6 {White dominates the center and his pieces are much more active. Black is close to defeat.} 22.Bxf8 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Kxf8 24.Qf3 Re8 25.Nh6 Rg7 26.Rd7 Rb8 {It's mate after 26...Bxd7 27.Qxf7+ Rxf7 28.Rxf7+} 27.Nxf7 Bxd7 28.Nd8+ {Black resigned, since he will be mated in a few moves. If you have trouble finding the mate, I'll show you.} Ke7 29.Qf8# 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
