Karpov – Mariotti Karpov Mariotti Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1975.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Portoroz Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Portoroz"] [Site "?"] [Date "1975.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov"] [Black "Mariotti"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Qf6 {Black hopes to prevent a future d4 by White, but his queen is exposed on f6.} 5.c3 Nge7 {Black must play this move to avoid an immediate d4 by White. For example, see what happens in the following variation: 5...h6 6.d4 exd4 7. e5 Nxe5 8.Nxe5 Qxe5 9.Re1 and Black loses his queen because of the pin.} 6.b4 Bb6 7.Na3 g5 {Black believes that with the center closed for the time being he can get away with weakening his own kingside. He should have played a normal move like 7...a6 and followed up by d6 with a reasonable position.} 8.d4 {White wastes no time in punishing Black's eccentricity. The center will be torn open and Black's pieces will be kicked around.} g4 {8...h6 9.Nc4 And Black will have to give up his pawn on e5 which will give White a huge edge in the central.} 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qxe5 11.Qxg4 Qxc3 {After a series of exchanges White has emerged with a much better game. He has a great lead in development.} 12.Rb1 Rg8 {Do you see why White can't play 13.Qf3?} 13.Qh5 Qg7 {Black tries to gain time to coordinate his pieces by threatening mate on g2.} 14.g3 c6 15.Bd3 d6 16.Nc4 Bg4 17.Qh4 Nc8 18.e5 {White forces the center open. Black's king will perish in the ensuing crossfire.} dxe5 {18...d5 19.Nd6+ Nxd6 20.exd6 And the open e-file and threat of mate on e7 will doom Black's king.} 19.Bh6 Bd8 {19...Qh8 20.Bg5 And White will follow up by Bf6 and Bxe5.} 20.Bxg7 Bxh4 21.Bxe5 f5 22.Na5 {Black is losing a pawn and his king is still not safe, so he gave up.} 1-0 [Event "Portoroz"] [Site "?"] [Date "1975.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov"] [Black "Mariotti"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Qf6 {Black hopes to prevent a future d4 by White, but his queen is exposed on f6.} 5.c3 Nge7 {Black must play this move to avoid an immediate d4 by White. For example, see what happens in the following variation: 5...h6 6.d4 exd4 7. e5 Nxe5 8.Nxe5 Qxe5 9.Re1 and Black loses his queen because of the pin.} 6.b4 Bb6 7.Na3 g5 {Black believes that with the center closed for the time being he can get away with weakening his own kingside. He should have played a normal move like 7...a6 and followed up by d6 with a reasonable position.} 8.d4 {White wastes no time in punishing Black's eccentricity. The center will be torn open and Black's pieces will be kicked around.} g4 {8...h6 9.Nc4 And Black will have to give up his pawn on e5 which will give White a huge edge in the central.} 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qxe5 11.Qxg4 Qxc3 {After a series of exchanges White has emerged with a much better game. He has a great lead in development.} 12.Rb1 Rg8 {Do you see why White can't play 13.Qf3?} 13.Qh5 Qg7 {Black tries to gain time to coordinate his pieces by threatening mate on g2.} 14.g3 c6 15.Bd3 d6 16.Nc4 Bg4 17.Qh4 Nc8 18.e5 {White forces the center open. Black's king will perish in the ensuing crossfire.} dxe5 {18...d5 19.Nd6+ Nxd6 20.exd6 And the open e-file and threat of mate on e7 will doom Black's king.} 19.Bh6 Bd8 {19...Qh8 20.Bg5 And White will follow up by Bf6 and Bxe5.} 20.Bxg7 Bxh4 21.Bxe5 f5 22.Na5 {Black is losing a pawn and his king is still not safe, so he gave up.} 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.
