Karpov-Korchnoi (18), Merano 1981

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Karpov Anatoly - Korchnoi Viktor

1-0, 1981.

[#] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 13.a4! Be7 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Ne4 Ne6

[15...O-O¹ ]

16.Be3 O-O 17.f4 'greater board room' 17...Qxd1 18.Rfxd1± Rfb8

[18...Rfd8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.f5 Nf8 22.Rc1 Ra4 23.Nc3 Karpov]

19.Rd7 Bf8 20.f5 Nd8 21.a5! Nc6 22.e6! fxe6 23.f6! Ne5 24.Rxc7 Rc8 25.Rac1 Rxc7 26.Rxc7 Rd8 27.h3! h6 28.Ra7!

[28.Nc5?! gxf6 29.Nxe6 Rd1 30.Kf2 Bb4 ]

28...Nc4

[28...Rd1?! 29.Kf2 Rb1 30.Bd4 Nc6 31.f7 Kh7 32.Ra8 Nxd4 33.Rxf8 Kg6 34.Nd6 ]

29.Bb6! Rb8 30.Bc5 Bxc5 31.Nxc5 gxf6 32.b4 Rd8 33.Rxa6 Kf7 34.Ra7 Kg6 35.Rd7! Re8

[35...Rxd7 36.Nxd7 Nd6 37.Nb6 ]

36.a6 Ra8 37.Rb7 Kf5 38.Rxb5 Ke5 39.Rb7 Kd5 40.Rf7 f5 41.Rf6 [...]

[41...e5 42.Nd7 Rd8 43.a7 Ra8 44.Ra6 e4 45.b5 f4 46.Ra4 Karpov]

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