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    Tatai-Karpov, Las Palmas 1977

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    The game featured an early queen sacrifice by White to gain control of the center. Black was able to develop counterplay and launch an attack after sacrificing a pawn. Black's attack culminated in a forced checkmate sequence starting with a queen sacrifice that opened up Black's rooks for a decisive attack. White resigned rather than prolonging the inevitable checkmate.

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    Tatai-Karpov, Las Palmas 1977

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    The game featured an early queen sacrifice by White to gain control of the center. Black was able to develop counterplay and launch an attack after sacrificing a pawn. Black's attack culminated in a forced checkmate sequence starting with a queen sacrifice that opened up Black's rooks for a decisive attack. White resigned rather than prolonging the inevitable checkmate.

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    The game featured an early queen sacrifice by White to gain control of the center. Black was able to develop counterplay and launch an attack after sacrificing a pawn. Black's attack culminated in a forced checkmate sequence starting with a queen sacrifice that opened up Black's rooks for a decisive attack. White resigned rather than prolonging the inevitable checkmate.

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    Tatai-Karpov, Las Palmas 1977

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    The game featured an early queen sacrifice by White to gain control of the center. Black was able to develop counterplay and launch an attack after sacrificing a pawn. Black's attack culminated in a forced checkmate sequence starting with a queen sacrifice that opened up Black's rooks for a decisive attack. White resigned rather than prolonging the inevitable checkmate.

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    (The annotations to this game, by A. E.

    Karpov, are from Izbrannye partii 1969-77 (Fizkultura i


    Sport, Moscow 1978). The translation from the original Russian is by Douglas Griffin.)

    Tatai – Karpov
    13th round, Las Palmas International, 24th May 1977

    1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Qa4+!? Nc6 8.Ng5
    Of course, on 8.Qc4 there would have followed 8...Ndb4 with a counter-attack (on the
    c2–square).

    8...e6 9.Nge4 Nb6!


    It would be absurd to defend the c5–pawn with 9...Bf8. Still worse is 9...Qe7, which loses
    immediately after 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Nc3. The pawn is best sacrificed by the method in the text.

    10.Qb5 c4 11.Na4
    White is consistent in the plan begun with the 7th move. 11.Qc5 was repulsed with the simple
    11...Bf8, while 11.Nc5 0–0 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qxc6 e5 gave Black a dangerous initiative.

    11...0–0 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.Qxc4


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    The critical position. White has achieved his aim, having won the c-pawn. During the time
    taken to do so, Black has removed his king from the centre and is ready to proceed to active play.
    In passing, the a-file has been opened, which represents an undoubted plus for Black (the weakness
    of the doubled pawns can tell only in an endgame, but this is still far off). In addition, White’s
    queen has been developed to the centre early, and now Black’s task naturally includes the
    exploitation of this circumstance, which in combination with other threats should guarantee him a
    definite advantage.

    13...e5!?
    Also tempting appears 13...Bd7, so as to bring the rook to the c-file as soon as possible. In this
    case danger stalks White at every step. For instance: 14.Qc2? Nd4 15.Qb1 Ba4 16.b3 Bxb3
    17.axb3 Rxa1 and 18...Nc2+; or 14.0–0 Nd4 15.Nc3 (the only defence against 15...Bb5) 15...b5
    16.Qd3 b4 17.e3 Nb3.

    But all the same White still has defensive resources: 14.Nc3! Nd4 15.Qd3! Bc6 (15...b5 seems
    promising, but here too White has a satisfactory defence – 16.e3! Nb3 17.Rb1 Nxc1 18.Rxc1 b4
    19.Nd1 Rxa2 20.Qb3 followed by d2–d4) 16.Bxc6 (bad is 16.0–0 Nb3! 17.Qxd8 Rfxd8 18.Rb1
    Nxd2 19.Bxd2 Rxd2 with advantage for Black) 16...bxc6 17.e3! – in this lies the whole point!
    White can immediately rid himself of the importunate knight, not fearing for the queen: 17...Nf3+
    18.Ke2, while in the case of 17...Nb3 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Rb1 Nxc1 20.Rxc1 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Rxa2
    22.d4 a level endgame results. White could also try to deprive the black knight of the d4–square
    with 14.e3, but in this case the variations with 14...e5 are more advantageous for Black.

    It is not surprising that the choice between 13...Bd7 and the continuation in the game took me
    around an hour.

    (Translator’s note: In a game against grandmaster Colin McNab, played in the final of the Scottish
    Team Championship in 1995, I was able to employ Karpov’s idea. After 13...Bd7 White replied
    14.0–0?, and on 14...Nd4, 15.Nd6. However, Black soon achieved a winning position: 15...Ra4
    (according to the engines, still stronger is 15...Ba4!) 16.Qd3 Qc7 17.b3 Raa8 18.Nc4 b5 19.Nb2
    Nc2 20.Rb1. Here Black continued with 20...Rxa2, which retains an advantage. Still stronger,
    however, was 20...Na3 21.Ra1 Rfd8, when there should be no doubt about the result.)
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    14.Qc2
    The only move. 14.0–0 is bad on account of 14...Be6, and the queen has no good retreat
    square,; as is 14.Nc3 in view of 14...Be6 15.Qe4 (15.Bd5 b5!) 15...Bf5 followed by 16...Nd4.

    (Translator’s note: In fact 14.d3 can also be played; the point is that 14...Be6 can be countered
    with 15.Bg5! followed by 16.Qc1 (A. Petrosian-Piešina, Yaroslavl 1979).)
    14...Nd4 15.Qb1 f5 16.Nc3 e4
    On 16...b5 White has the sufficient reply 17.e3, but perhaps more attention was merited by the
    preliminary 16...Be6 with the threat of 17...Bb3.

    17.d3
    Hopelessly weakening White’s position is 17.e3 Nf3+ 18.Bxf3 exf3; or 17...Nc6 followed by
    18...Ne5 or 18...Nb4.

    17...b5 18.Be3
    Once again the only move. No good at all is 18.e3 Nf3+ 19.Bxf3 exf3 20.Nxb5 Qa5+ 21.Nc3
    b5.

    18...b4 19.Nd1 Re8


    The e4–pawn is in need of defence.

    20.dxe4 fxe4 21.Bxd4


    Of course, 21.Bxe4? is impossible in view of 21...Rxe4 22.Qxe4 Bf5 and 23...Nc2+.

    21...Qxd4
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    22.a3
    After 22.0–0 Black has a pleasant choice between 22...Bg4 and 22...Qd2. The latter seems to
    me to be the more promising. White must go in for the variation 23.Bxe4 Bh3 24.Bg2 Bxg2
    25.Kxg2 Rxe2 26.Qc1 Qd5+ 27.Kg1 Bd4 with good attacking prospects for Black.

    22...Bg4
    Black sees through the opponent’s little trick: 22...bxa3 23.0–0, and White now exploits the
    undefended position of the a8–rook.

    23.Qc2
    23...Bf3 was threatened, which is now impossible in view of 24.Bxf3 exf3 25.Qb3+ and 26.Qxf3.
    On the other hand there is another spectacular blow.
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    23...Qd3! 24.exd3
    Permitting an elegant development of the attack. 24.Ne3 loses immediately on account of
    24...Qxc2 25.Nxc2 Bxb2; 24.Rc1 does not bring White relied in view of the simple 24...bxa3, but
    also the better 24.Qd2 left Black with a mass of promising possibilities, for instance: 24...Qxd2+
    25.Kxd2 Rad8+ 26.Ke1, and now either 26...Rc8 with the threat of 27...Rc2, or the immediate
    26...Bf3 27.Rg1 (leading to a difficult endgame for White is 27.exf3 exf3+ 28.Kf1 fxg2+ 29.Kxg2
    b3, as is 27.Bxf3 exf3 28.e3 Rd3) 27...Bxg2 28.Rxg2 Rc8.

    24...exd3+ 25.Kd2 Re2+


    Possibly, it was precisely this check that White had failed to anticipate when calculating the
    variations after his 24th move. The whole point lies in the fact that after 26.Kxd3 Rd8+ 27.Bd5+
    Rxd5+ 28.Kc4 Rxc2+ 29.Kxd5 there follows 29...Bf3+, and Black is left with an extra piece.

    26.Kxd3 Rd8+ 27.Kc4 Rxc2+ 28.Kxb4 Rcd2!


    Once again the knight is the key piece! It restricts the action of the black rooks and bishops. It
    must be attacked immediately!

    29.f3
    There is already nothing else; otherwise the b2–pawn is lost.

    29...Bf8+
    Perhaps the simplest.

    30.Ka5
    The only square. Otherwise the g4–bishop moves away with check and the g2–bishop is lost.

    30...Bd7!
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    White’s bishop is under attack, while in the case of its withdrawl to f1 or its defence with 31.Ne3
    there follows 31...Bc5, and there is no escape from the mate 32...Ra8#. White resigned.

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