Karpov – Payrhuber A slow and ineffective move which Karpov soon abandoned. Karpov Payrhuber Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1969.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: World Junior Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "World Junior Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1969.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov"] [Black "Payrhuber"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "29"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 {A slow and ineffective move which Karpov soon abandoned.} Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 {White prepares the central advance d3-d4.} Ne8 {Black hopes to take the initiative on the kingside, but he isn't ready for such aggression.} 9.Na3 {White keeps the c1-h6 diagonal open for his bishop and prepares to centralize his knight by way of c4.} f5 10.Ng5 {White takes aim at the weakened e6 square and opens the diagonal for his bishop to take aim at Black's kingside from e4 or d5.} Nc7 {Now White adopts a well-known procedure to win the exchange.} 11.Qb3+ Kh8 {11...e6 12.exf5 gxf5 and Black will lose control of e6.} 12.exf5 {White could win the exchange immediately by checking on f7, but first he opens the h1-a8 diagonal for his bishop.} Bxf5 13.Nf7+ Rxf7 {Black must give up the rook because of the fork of his king and queen.} 14.Qxf7 e6 {Black hopes to get compensation for the exchange by trapping White's queen, which now has no safe square to move to.} 15.Bg5 {Now White's queen will get out and take several more Black pieces in the process. If you have a question about how this will happen, play the position out with Gambit. Karpov's opponent didn't bother, prefering resignation here.} 1-0 [Event "World Junior Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1969.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov"] [Black "Payrhuber"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "29"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 {A slow and ineffective move which Karpov soon abandoned.} Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 {White prepares the central advance d3-d4.} Ne8 {Black hopes to take the initiative on the kingside, but he isn't ready for such aggression.} 9.Na3 {White keeps the c1-h6 diagonal open for his bishop and prepares to centralize his knight by way of c4.} f5 10.Ng5 {White takes aim at the weakened e6 square and opens the diagonal for his bishop to take aim at Black's kingside from e4 or d5.} Nc7 {Now White adopts a well-known procedure to win the exchange.} 11.Qb3+ Kh8 {11...e6 12.exf5 gxf5 and Black will lose control of e6.} 12.exf5 {White could win the exchange immediately by checking on f7, but first he opens the h1-a8 diagonal for his bishop.} Bxf5 13.Nf7+ Rxf7 {Black must give up the rook because of the fork of his king and queen.} 14.Qxf7 e6 {Black hopes to get compensation for the exchange by trapping White's queen, which now has no safe square to move to.} 15.Bg5 {Now White's queen will get out and take several more Black pieces in the process. If you have a question about how this will happen, play the position out with Gambit. Karpov's opponent didn't bother, prefering resignation here.} 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.