Seirawan – Karpov Seirawan Karpov Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1982.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: London Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "London"] [Site "?"] [Date "1982.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Seirawan"] [Black "Karpov"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "61"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Rc1 {White avoi ds committing his e-pawn, hoping to find a brighter future for his light-squared bishop on g2.} b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 {Not 9...Bxh4 10 Nxc7. With the pawn structure clarified White intends to put pressure on d5 and c7, while Black hopes to get play on the e-file and possibly break with ... c5.} exd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.g3 Re8 {Now if 12.Bg2 Black will play 12...Ba6 and gang up on e2, catching White's king in the center.} 12.Rc3 {A multi purpose move. The rook may lead a battery attack on c7 and may also go to e3 to neutralize the pressure on e2.} Na6 {If 12...c5 then 13 dxc5 bxc5 14 Qxd5 Bb7 15 Qb3 and White will consolidate after Re3. Karpov's move covers c5 and c7, and the knight may jump to b4 later.} 13.Qa4 {Very aggressiv e--White attacks both the knight and the rook, but leaves his back rank exposed.} c5 {It isn't clear whether this is a sacrifice or a blunder, but Black seems to get a strong attack for his knight.} 14.Re3 Be6 15.Qxa6 cxd4 16.Rb3 {Preventing checks on b4. It now seems that Black should be able to keep up the pressure on the e-file, but Seirawan consolidates beautifully.} Bf5 17.Bg2 Bc2 18.Nxd4 {Giving back material to kill Black's initiative.} Bxb3 19.Nxb3 Rac8 {Black might try 19...Qb4+, but after 20 Kf1, White will consolidate by 21 Bf3 and 22 Kg2, and Black's pieces will be even more confused than in the game.} 20.Bf3 Rc2 21.O-O Rxb2 {Now Black has got back almost all his material, but his pieces don't work together well, while White will calmly prepare a nasty counterattack.} 22.Rd1 Rd8 23.Nd4 {White's position is a wonderful picture of harmony, while Black is just trying to keep out the flood. Notice how all of Black's light squares are potential targets: b5,c6,f5 and d5.} Rd7 24.Nc6 Qe8 25.Nxa7 {Now White offers a piece sacrifice, but, in contrast to Black's offer on move 13, he has a concrete mating continuation in mind.} Re7 26.a4 Qa8 27.Rxd5 Qxa7 28.Rd8+ Kh7 29.Qd3+ f5 {29...g6 allows 30 Qd4.} 30.Qxf5+ g6 31.Qf6 1-0 [Event "London"] [Site "?"] [Date "1982.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Seirawan"] [Black "Karpov"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "61"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Rc1 {White avoi ds committing his e-pawn, hoping to find a brighter future for his light-squared bishop on g2.} b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 {Not 9...Bxh4 10 Nxc7. With the pawn structure clarified White intends to put pressure on d5 and c7, while Black hopes to get play on the e-file and possibly break with ... c5.} exd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.g3 Re8 {Now if 12.Bg2 Black will play 12...Ba6 and gang up on e2, catching White's king in the center.} 12.Rc3 {A multi purpose move. The rook may lead a battery attack on c7 and may also go to e3 to neutralize the pressure on e2.} Na6 {If 12...c5 then 13 dxc5 bxc5 14 Qxd5 Bb7 15 Qb3 and White will consolidate after Re3. Karpov's move covers c5 and c7, and the knight may jump to b4 later.} 13.Qa4 {Very aggressiv e--White attacks both the knight and the rook, but leaves his back rank exposed.} c5 {It isn't clear whether this is a sacrifice or a blunder, but Black seems to get a strong attack for his knight.} 14.Re3 Be6 15.Qxa6 cxd4 16.Rb3 {Preventing checks on b4. It now seems that Black should be able to keep up the pressure on the e-file, but Seirawan consolidates beautifully.} Bf5 17.Bg2 Bc2 18.Nxd4 {Giving back material to kill Black's initiative.} Bxb3 19.Nxb3 Rac8 {Black might try 19...Qb4+, but after 20 Kf1, White will consolidate by 21 Bf3 and 22 Kg2, and Black's pieces will be even more confused than in the game.} 20.Bf3 Rc2 21.O-O Rxb2 {Now Black has got back almost all his material, but his pieces don't work together well, while White will calmly prepare a nasty counterattack.} 22.Rd1 Rd8 23.Nd4 {White's position is a wonderful picture of harmony, while Black is just trying to keep out the flood. Notice how all of Black's light squares are potential targets: b5,c6,f5 and d5.} Rd7 24.Nc6 Qe8 25.Nxa7 {Now White offers a piece sacrifice, but, in contrast to Black's offer on move 13, he has a concrete mating continuation in mind.} Re7 26.a4 Qa8 27.Rxd5 Qxa7 28.Rd8+ Kh7 29.Qd3+ f5 {29...g6 allows 30 Qd4.} 30.Qxf5+ g6 31.Qf6 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.
