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D56Karpov,Anatoly 2745Jussupow,Artur 2640

Dortmund (2) 1997[Jussupow]

1.d4 Karpov Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4

[ 11...Nd7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.0-0 Re8 14.Qb1 Nf6 15.b4 Ne4 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Nd2 Be6� Nikolic,P-Jussupow,A/Horgen/1994/ ]

12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.0-0 b6 14.Bd3 [ 14.Qe2

A) 14...Bb7 15.Rd1 Rfd8 16.Ba6 Bxa6 17.Qxa6 c5� Benjamin,J-Jussupow,A/Horgen CS 1994;

B) 14...c5 15.Ba6 cxd4 16.Nxd4 ( 16.exd4 Belov Nf6 17.Rfc1 Bxa6 18.Qxa6 Nd5= ) 16...Bxa6 17.Qxa6 Nc5 18.Qe2 Qf6 ( 18...a5 Belov 19.Qb5±; 18...e5!? Belov ) 19.Qf3! Qxf3 20.gxf3� 1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Cherepkov,A/St.Petersburg op1994 (42);

C) 14...a5!? 15.Rfc1 Bb7 16.h3 ( 16.a3 Rfd8 17.h3 a4 18.Rd1 c5= 19.Bb5 Ra5 20.Bxd7 Qxd7 21.Rd2 cxd4 22.Rxd4 Rd5�½-½ Epishin,V-Vaganian,R/Erevan1996 (43) ) 16...Rfd8!? Epishin

( 16...c5 17.Bb5 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Rd1�Epishin,V-Vaganian,R/ReggioEmilia 1995 )]

14...c5 15.Be4 [ 15.Bb5 Rd8 ( 15...cxd4 16.Nxd4 Nc5 17.Bc6 Bb7 18.Qf3 Bxc6 19.Nxc6 Qb7 20.Ne5 Qxf3 21.gxf3 f6 22.Nc6� 1-0 Polugaevsky,L-Andersson,U/Reggio Top16 1991/CBM 22 (50) [Ftacnik] ) 16.Bc6

( 16.Qe2?! Bb7 17.Bxd7?! cxd4!�0-1 Cramling,P-Jussupow,A/Hamburg

SKA 1991 (60) ) 16...Rb8 17.Qc2 cxd4 18.Nxd4 e5 19.Nf5 Qf6 20.Rd1 Nc5= Smyslov,V-Kasparov,G/Vilnius/1984/ ]

[ 15.Bb1 Bb7 16.Qc2 g6 17.Qe2 Rac8= 18.Rfc1 Rfd8 19.h3 e5 20.dxc5 Rxc5 21.Rxc5 Nxc5 22.b4 Bxf3 ½-½ Nikolic,P-Jussupow,A/Munchen 1990 ]

15...Rb8 [ 15...Ba6? 16.Bxa8 Bxf1 17.Bc6 Ba6 18.Qa4 Nb8 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.h3� Dolmatov ]

16.Qa4 [ 16.Qc2!?

A) 16...a5 17.Rc1 Bb7 18.Bxb7 Rxb7 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Ne5 Qf6 21.Nd3 Rd8 22.Nxc5 bxc5 23.Qe2 Rbd7 24.R3c2 c4 ( 24...a4 25.g3 Rd5 26.Kg2 g6 27.a3 h5 28.Qf3 Qe5 29.Qf4±1-0 Karpov,A-Jussupow,A/BankHofmann Cup 1995 (51) ) 25.g3 e5

26.Kg2 e4 27.Qg4!�½-½ Khalifman,A-Jussupow,A/Bundesliga 1992 (35);

B) 16...Ba6 17.Rd1 Nf6 18.dxc5 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 bxc5 20.b3�Dolmatov ]

16...Bb7 [ 16...Nf6 17.Bc6 Nd5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Qa3 Be6 21.Rfc1 Rfc8 22.b3± Dolmatov ]

17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Qc2 [ 18.Qc6!? Nb8 19.Qe4 Rc7 20.Rfc1 Rfc8 21.Qf4 c4=Kramnik; Shamkovich ]

[ 18.Rd1 b5 19.Qb3 a5!? ( 19...c4?? 20.Rxc4+- ) 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Qc2 Na6 22.a3 b4 23.Rc6 Rc7! 24.Nd4 bxa3 25.bxa3 Rfc8 26.Rxc7 Qxc7 27.Qe2 Qc4 28.Qf3 Nc7 29.h3 ½-½ Anand-Kramnik/Fernsehpartie/1996 ]

18...a5!? [ 18...Rc8 19.Rc1 Rbc7 20.b4 e5

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Kramnik; Shamkovich ( 20...c4 21.b5 a6 22.Rb1± Dolmatov )

A) 21.bxc5! exd4 22.exd4 bxc5 23.Rc4 Nb8 24.Rxc5 Rxc5 25.dxc5 Nc6 ( 25...Na6 26.c6 Nb4 27.Qa4 Nd3 28.Qa6+- ) 26.h3+-Dolmatov;

B) 21.dxc5 bxc5 22.Rc4 ( 22.h3 c4 23.a3 Nb6 Dolmatov ) 22...e4!�½-½ Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/LasPalmas 1996 (57) ]

[ 18...cxd4?! 19.Nxd4± Dolmatov ] 19.a3

[ 19.Rd1 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Nc5 21.Nc6 Qf6 22.b3� Kramnik; Shamkovich ]

19...Re8!? � 20...e5 21.�e4 e:d4 22.�:b7 d:c3 23.b:c3 �e5= 20.Rd1

[ 20.h3 e5 21.Qe4 exd4! 22.Qxb7 dxc3 23.bxc3 Ne5!= �24.Qxb6 Nxf3+ 25.gxf3 Qg5+ 26.Kh1 Qd5 27.e4 Qh5 Karpov ]

20...Rbb8 [ 20...e5 21.Qe4 exd4 22.Qxb7 dxc3 23.bxc3 Ne5 24.Qxb6 Nxf3+ 25.gxf3 Qg5+ 26.Kf1!?± ( 26.Kh1 Qh5 27.Qc6 )]

21.h3 [ 21.dxc5 Nxc5 22.b4 ( 22.Nd4!? ) 22...axb4 23.axb4 Na6 24.b5 Nc5= ( 24...Nc5 Karpov 25.Ne5 Ra8 26.Nc6 Qf6� )]

21...Rbd8 [ �21...e5 22.dxe5 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 Qxe5 24.Rcd3� ]

22.Rcd3 Rc8 [ 22...cxd4

A) 23.Nxd4 Ne5! ( 23...Nc5? 24.Nc6+- ); B) 23.Rxd4 Nc5 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Na6 26.Qc4± Karpov ]

23.d5!���� exd5 [ 23...e5 24.e4� Karpov ( 24.d6 Qe6 25.e4 ��d5 Karpov )]

24.Rxd5 Nf6 25.Re5! [ 25.R5d3 Karpov b5= ]

25...Qc7

[ �25...Qb7 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.a4 Qe4� ]

26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.a4!±±±± Rd8 [ 27...Nd7 ��e5 28.Nd4! Karpov ]

28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Ne5 Qd5 30.Nc4 Nd7 31.b3 f5?!

[ 31...h5!? 32.Kf1!? ��d2 ] [ 31...g6!? ]

32.Kf1 [ 32.g4 fxg4 ( 32...g6 33.gxf5 gxf5 34.Qc3!? ) 33.hxg4 Qf3 34.Qf5 Qxf5 35.gxf5± Karpov ]

32...Kf7 33.f3 Ke7 34.Ke2 Qe6 35.Qc3 Nf6 36.Kf2 Kd7

[ 36...h5 37.h4± ] [ �36...g5 ]

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Kc6? [ �37...fxg4 38.hxg4± ] [ 37...g6 38.Qe5 Karpov ]

38.Qe5! Qxe5 39.Nxe5+ Kd5 40.Nc4 fxg4 41.Nxb6+! Kc6 42.Nc4+- gxf3

[ 42...gxh3 43.Kg3+- ] 43.Kxf3 Kd5 44.Nxa5 g5 45.Nc4 h5 46.Nd2 Ke5 47.e4

[ ≤47.a5 Kd5 48.e4+ Kc6 49.e5 Ne8 50.Ke4 Ng7 51.Nc4 Kb5Karpov ]

47...Ne8 [ 47...Kd4 48.a5! Nd7 49.a6 Ne5+

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50.Ke2 Nc6 51.Nf3+ Kxe4 52.Nxg5++- Karpov ]

48.Ke3 Nc7 49.Nc4+ Kf6 50.Kf2 Na6 51.Kg3 Nb4 52.h4 Nc6 53.a5!+- Nb4 54.Nd2 Nc6

[ 54...Na6 55.hxg5+ Kxg5 56.Nf3++-Karpov ]

55.a6 gxh4+ 56.Kxh4 Ke6 57.Kxh5 Kd7 58.Kg6 Kc7 59.Nc4

[ 59.Kf6 Kb6 60.e5 Kxa6 61.e6 Kb5 62.e7 Nxe7 63.Kxe7 Kb4 64.Kd6+- Karpov ]

59...Kb8 60.Kf6 Ka7 61.e5 Kxa6 62.e6 Kb5 63.e7

[ 63.e7 Karpov Nxe7 64.Kxe7 Kb4 65.Nd2 Kc3 66.Kd6+- ]

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E35Karpov,Anatoly 2735Ljubojevic,Ljubomir 2565

Amber-rapid 07th (5) 17.03.1998[Kostakiev,D]

1.d4 In this game Karpov teaches ustwo very important lessons. Nf6 2.c4

e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6

[ 6...c6!? ] 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e3 0-0 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 c6

[ 10...Bf5 1-0 Seirawan Yasser-Shaked Tal/It "Hoogovens",Merrillville (USA) 1997 (39) ]

11.Nf3 Bf5 12.Be2 Nd7 13.b4 [ 13.0-0 Brewer,A-Cody,P/corrCompuServe 1993/½-½ (46) ]

13...Be4N [ 13...Bg4 Ree,H-Nikolac,J/It \Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1978/½-½(43) ]

[ 13...b5 Agzamov,G-Gofshtein,L/ChURS Erevan (Armenia) 1981/½-½(62) ]

[ 13...Qd6 ½-½ Piccon-Gual/corr ch-

ARG 1989 (18) ] 14.0-0 Rfe8 15.Rfc1 a6Typical middlgame pawn structure" Itcould arrise from Karlsbad variation in�'s refused gambit. We have tounderline one very important diferencebetween the two analogs: Here f8 ismissing. So darck squares aresencibly weak.At the same time White plan involves aclassical example for the so called "attack of the pawns minority": b4,a4,�b4-b5. The aim is to trash the Black'schain, in order to open lines andpenetrate on the 7 horizontal with �� .How to play in such kind of position isthe first of Karpov's lessons. 16.a4

Rac8 17.b5 axb5 18.axb5Typical cross-road. To beat or not tobeat? Rather not, because this way,d5 becomes weak. But it is so difficulthere to find other solution because ofthe missing f8 c5 19.dxc5 Qxc3

20.Rxc3 Rxc5 21.Rxc5 Nxc5 22.Nd4 Ne6

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23.f3 [ 23.Nxe6!? Rxe6 24.Ra7± ]

23...Nxd4 24.exd4 Bc2 25.Kf2 Bb3 26.Ra7 Re7 27.Ra3 Bc2 28.Ke1 g5 29.Kd2 � �d2-c3-b4-d6 - again the

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abcence of f8 is instructive. Bf5 30.g4! Let us study now splendidKarpov's technick! He put white's on ...the light coloured squares g4 andf3 - in order to restrict the samecoloured on the �'s side . The realfight is forthcoming on the other (�'s)side where the d4 is on darckcoloured squares and b5 is going to b6also on darck coloured square. Thusdiagonals for f1 are free and It makeshim much better than c8. Symmillartechnick Karpov demostrated in hisgame against Uhlman Madrid 1973.

Be6 31.Ra8+ Kg7 32.Bd3This ending is the second Karpov'slessons in the game. The title couldbe: "How to gain with slightly better against slightly worse one". Rc7

33.Rb8 Kf6 34.b6! Re7 35.Kc3 [ 35.Rh8?! will be step aside from theperfect Karpov's lesson . ]

35...h5 36.h3 [ 36.gxh5!? Bf5 37.Bxf5 Kxf5 38.Rd8 ]

36...h4 37.Kb4 Kg7 38.Kc5White activated his King in anunublable way. f5 39.gxf5 Bf7

40.Bb5 Kf6 41.Kd6 Re3 42.Rxb7 Rb3

[ 42...Rxf3 43.Rxf7+!+- ] 43.Bc6 The plan is carried out! White ishaving on the fight's field a + a �more! Rb4

(Diagramma)

Now many roads are leading to Roma! 44.Rb8 On a rapid game just as on arapid game! White choses the mostsure plan

[ If there was more time may be Whiteshould prefere the sacrifie :

44.Rxf7+!? Kxf7 45.Bxd5+ Kf6 46.b7+- ]

44...Bh5 terrible, but what else could

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46.b7! [ 46.Rf8+ Kg7 47.b7 Rxd5+ 48.Kxd5 Bxf3+ 49.Ke6 Bxb7 50.Rf7++- ]

46...Bf7 47.Rf8! Rxd5+ 48.Kc6 Rd1 49.b8Q Rc1+ 50.Kd6 Rd1+ 51.Kc5It is a very instructive game is not it!)1-0

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B10Karpov,Anatoly 2699Dreev,Alexey 2676

Cap d'Agde KO rapid (2.1) 03.11.2000[Lukacs]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5

[ 7.d4 may lead to the Panov Attack,which Karpov regularly plays-withBlack. ]

7...e6 8.0-0 Be7 9.d4 0-0 10.Re1The difference is that in the anovAttack the is usually on d3 or c4.

a6?! [ 10...Bd7 Balashov-Yandemirov,RUS-Cup02 Moscow 1998 CBM 63 ]

[ 10...Nxc3 - Belikov-Filipenko, RUS-Cup02 Moscow 1998 ]

11.Bxc6! weakening Black's structure. The backward c and thedark squares are the main targets.

[ 11.Bd3 leads to the Panov Attackwith an extra a6 for Black, whichcannot be bad at all.

A) 11...Bd7 is illogical now. 12.a3 Re8 13.Ne4 h6 14.Bb1 Bf8 15.Qd3 g6 16.h4± Kovacevic-Bilobrk, Zadar op 1998;

B) 11...Bf6 12.Be4 Nce7 13.Bg5 Ng6 14.Nxd5 Bxg5 15.Nxg5 Qxg5 16.Nb6 now we see the problemsof a6. Rb8 17.Qb3 Rd8 18.Rad1

Nf4 19.Qg3 h6 20.Qxg5 hxg5 21.g3 Nd5 22.Bxd5 liquidating fora good � versus bad �. exd5(Delchev-Jovanic, Zadar op 1998)

B1) 23.Re5 Be6 24.Rc1 ( 24.Rxg5?? Rd6 25.Na4 f6-+ ) 24...Rd6 25.Na4�; B2) 23.Re7 Be6 24.Rc1 Rd6 25.Na4�;

C) 11...Ncb4 12.Bb1 b5uses the extra a6. 13.Ne4 × c5 Nf6

14.a3 Nbd5 15.Qd3 Ra7 16.Ne5

Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Nf6 18.Qd3 Bb7 19.Bg5 g6 20.Bh6 Re8 21.Ba2 Bd5 parrying all the threats, afterwhich the isolated may become aweakness in the �. 22.Bxd5 Qxd5

23.Rac1 Bf8 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Rc5 Qa2 26.b4 Nd7 27.Rc2 Nxe5 28.dxe5 Rd7= Jaderberg-Hultin,SWE-chT 1998 ]

[ 11.Ba4 helps only for Black to getcontrol over the long �. b5 12.Bc2

Ncb4 13.Bb1 Bb7 14.a3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5 16.Qd3 g6 17.Ne5 Rc8 18.c4 bxc4 19.Nxc4 Bg5∓Goodger-Bourne, MonarchAssurance 1999 ]

11...bxc6 12.Ne5 Bb7 [ Black cannot get rid if his weaknessso easy: 12...c5? 13.Nc6 Nxc3

14.bxc3 Qd7 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Ba3+- ]

13.Na4 Rc8? The � is very passivehere, if c6-c5 cannot come.

[ 13...Qc7 14.Nc5± ( 14.Nd3 Rad8 15.Nac5 )] [ 13...a5! � a6 activating the passive is logical from strategical point ofview.

A) 14.Nd3 Ba6 15.Nac5 ( 15.Ndc5 Bb5 ) 15...Bxd3exchanging the bad .;

B) 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.dxc5 Qe7 16.Qg4 Rfd8 17.Bh6 f6 18.Nc4 e5 19.Nd6 Bc8 20.Qg3 a4� ]

14.Nd3!±±±± overprotecting the vital × c5. [ 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.dxc5 Qe7 ( 15...a5 16.Qg4 Qe7 - 15...�e7 ) 16.Qg4

A) 16...Rfd8 17.Bh6 g6 ( 17...f6? 18.Nc4 e5 19.Nd6± ) 18.Rad1± Qxc5? 19.Nxf7!+-; B) 16...a5 17.Nc4± ]

14...a5 15.Nac5 White's knights areexcellent now. Qc7 16.Bd2 × a5 Ra8Sad, but true. 17.Rc1 Rfd8 18.Ne5

Bxc5 19.Rxc5! keeping the important

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× c5 for the pieces. a4 20.Qf3 Qe7 21.Rec1! White wants to keep hisstrong � versus bad .

[ There is no need to hurry withwinning the weak c . 21.Nxc6 Bxc6

22.Rxc6 Rab8 23.Ba5 Re8� ] 21...Rdb8

[ 21...Ra6 22.h3± ] 22.R1c2

[ 22.Nxc6 Bxc6 23.Rxc6 Qd7 24.R6c2± ]

22...Ra6 23.h3 f6 Black is alreadyasking the � to take the .

[ 23...Rb6 24.Qg3 Rc8 25.Nc4± ] 24.Nxc6 Rxc6 25.Rxc6 Qd7?+-hoping for some threats on the long �,but forgeting about his undefended �.

[ 25...Bxc6 was the only move. 26.Rxc6 Qe8 ( 26...Rxb2? 27.Rc8+ Kf7 28.Qh5++- ) 27.Rc2 Qg6 28.Rc1 h6 ( 28...Rxb2? 29.Qa3+- ) 29.b3 axb3 30.axb3± ]

26.Qg3 [ 26.R6c5 was also possible. e5 ( 26...Nb4 27.Qg3 Na6 28.Rc7!+- ) 27.dxe5 Nb4 28.e6!

A) 28...Qe8 29.Qg3 Nxc2 30.Bh6 g6 ( 30...Qf8 31.Bxg7+- ) 31.Qc7+-; B) 28...Qxe6 29.Qf4+- ]

26...e5 27.R6c5 Re8 28.dxe5 fxe5 [ 28...Rxe5 29.Qg4+- ( 29.b4+- )]

29.Qg4 Qf7 30.Qxa4 Rf8 31.Qh4 h6 32.Be3 Ra8

[ 32...Nxe3 33.fxe3 Qxa2 34.Qe7+- ] 33.a3 Ra6 34.Rc8+! liquidating to awinning �. Bxc8 35.Rxc8+ Kh7

36.Qe4+ Rg6 [ 36...g6 37.Qxe5+- ]

37.b4 Qe6 38.Rd8 Nc3 39.Qa8 Rf6 40.Re8 Qd6 41.Rh8+ Kg6 42.Rd8 Qc7 43.Qc8 Qxc8 44.Rxc8 Nd5 45.b5 Kf5 46.a4 Ke4 47.a5 Ne7 48.Rc71-0