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Topalov,V – Karpov,An

Topalov,V (2739)
Karpov,An (2693)
Result: 1-0

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Date: March 1, 2002
Location: Cannes FRA
Tournament: NAO Masters
Round:
Opening: B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, Smyslov Systems
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Published on: February 9, 2020

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.O-O c5 13.b3 e5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bf5 h5 16.Qh3 Ne6 17.Rd1 Be7 18.Qg3 Nf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Qh3 Bf6 21.Rac1 g6 22.Bxc8 Qxc8 23.Qxc8+ Rxc8 24.Rd7 Rb8 25.c4 Kg7 26.Kf1 g5 27.Rcd1 Rhe8 28.R1d5 Kg6 29.h3 a6 30.R5d6 Re6 31.Rxe6 fxe6 32.Nd2 g4 33.Ne4 b6 34.f3 gxf3 35.gxf3 Bb2 36.Re7 Kf5 37.Ra7 a5 38.c5 bxc5 39.Rxa5 Bd4 40.Nxc5 Rc8 41.b4 e5 42.Ne4 Ke6 43.Ke2 Rc2+ 44.Kd3 Rh2 45.Ra6+ Kd7 46.Ng5 Rg2 47.h4 Rh2 48.Ne6 Bf2 49.Nf8+ Kc7 50.Ng6 Be1 51.b5 Rb2 52.a4 Rb3+ 53.Ke4 Re3+ 54.Kf5 Rxf3 55.Nxe5 Rb3 56.Kxf4 Bxh4 57.Ke4 Bg3 58.Rc6+ Kd8 59.Nd3 h4 60.Rh6 Ra3 61.Nc5 Bf2 62.Kd5 Bxc5 63.Kxc5 Rxa4 64.Kc6 Rc4+ 65.Kb7 Kd7 66.b6 Rb4 67.Ka7 Ra4+ 68.Kb8 Rb4 69.b7 Ra4 70.Rh7+ Kd8 71.Rh8+ Kd7 72.Rh6 Kd8 73.Rh7 Rb4 74.Ka7 Ra4+ 75.Kb6 1-0

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[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.O-O c5 13.b3 e5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bf5 h5 16.Qh3 Ne6 17.Rd1 Be7 18.Qg3 Nf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Qh3 Bf6 21.Rac1 g6 22.Bxc8 Qxc8 23.Qxc8+ Rxc8 24.Rd7 Rb8 25.c4 Kg7 26.Kf1 g5 27.Rcd1 Rhe8 28.R1d5 Kg6 29.h3 a6 30.R5d6 Re6 31.Rxe6 fxe6 32.Nd2 g4 33.Ne4 b6 34.f3 gxf3 35.gxf3 Bb2 36.Re7 Kf5 37.Ra7 a5 38.c5 bxc5 39.Rxa5 Bd4 40.Nxc5 Rc8 41.b4 e5 42.Ne4 Ke6 43.Ke2 Rc2+ 44.Kd3 Rh2 45.Ra6+ Kd7 46.Ng5 Rg2 47.h4 Rh2 48.Ne6 Bf2 49.Nf8+ Kc7 50.Ng6 Be1 51.b5 Rb2 52.a4 Rb3+ 53.Ke4 Re3+ 54.Kf5 Rxf3 55.Nxe5 Rb3 56.Kxf4 Bxh4 57.Ke4 Bg3 58.Rc6+ Kd8 59.Nd3 h4 60.Rh6 Ra3 61.Nc5 Bf2 62.Kd5 Bxc5 63.Kxc5 Rxa4 64.Kc6 Rc4+ 65.Kb7 Kd7 66.b6 Rb4 67.Ka7 Ra4+ 68.Kb8 Rb4 69.b7 Ra4 70.Rh7+ Kd8 71.Rh8+ Kd7 72.Rh6 Kd8 73.Rh7 Rb4 74.Ka7 Ra4+ 75.Kb6 1-0

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