Karpov – Torre Karpov Torre Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1973.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Leningrad Interzonal Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Leningrad Interzonal"] [Site "?"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov"] [Black "Torre"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "47"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 {A fairly recent preference in the Alekhine Defense.} 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Ng5 d5 8.f4 Nc6 9.c3 f6 {The point is to support the center.} 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.O-O Qd7 12.Nbd2 fxe5 13.fxe5 O-O 14.Rf2 Na5 {Karpov now decides to eliminate the light-squared bishops.} 15.Bc2 Bxc2 16.Qxc2 Qf5 17.Qd1 e6 18.Nf1 {Here Torre finally launches his hypermodern counterattack in the center.} c5 19.h3 cxd4 20.cxd4 Nc6 21.b3 Nd7 22.Ba3 Rf7 {Black's minor pieces are not doing much but observing the play. By deflecting the queen, Karpov manages to trap it.} 23.g4 Qe4 {23...Qf4 24.Bc1 Qe4 25.Ng3 also leaves the queen without an escape route.} 24.Ng5 {The queen is trapped, so Black resigned.} 1-0 [Event "Leningrad Interzonal"] [Site "?"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov"] [Black "Torre"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "47"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 {A fairly recent preference in the Alekhine Defense.} 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Ng5 d5 8.f4 Nc6 9.c3 f6 {The point is to support the center.} 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.O-O Qd7 12.Nbd2 fxe5 13.fxe5 O-O 14.Rf2 Na5 {Karpov now decides to eliminate the light-squared bishops.} 15.Bc2 Bxc2 16.Qxc2 Qf5 17.Qd1 e6 18.Nf1 {Here Torre finally launches his hypermodern counterattack in the center.} c5 19.h3 cxd4 20.cxd4 Nc6 21.b3 Nd7 22.Ba3 Rf7 {Black's minor pieces are not doing much but observing the play. By deflecting the queen, Karpov manages to trap it.} 23.g4 Qe4 {23...Qf4 24.Bc1 Qe4 25.Ng3 also leaves the queen without an escape route.} 24.Ng5 {The queen is trapped, so Black resigned.} 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.
