Letsplaychess.com presents Karpov vs Topalov 1994 - English Opening with early d4

[slipkip]

really sick game

[OnlineChessLessons]

@MoPar7055 around this time Karpov was at the top of his career with a FIDE that I believe was approaching 2800 (although I don't think he ever crossed the 2800 mark.

[MoPar7055]

What is Karpov rated?

[Matute7231]

What an amazing tournament by Karpov that of linares '94; no more tournaments like those, what players....

[joydivided23]

Very good commentary on such an amazing game! Well done!!

[ianb902]

Great analysis! I was actually researching on Karpov's Rxe6! sacrifice and then I stumbled upon this video. Topalov was smashed in this game.

[KnightedMagi]

Has anyone noticed that Topalov always seems to be on the receiving end of great games

[dannyp136]

Awesome :)

[boarass]

I'll be very disappointed, KC, if you ever create a video in which something doesn't fall like a pack of cards. These are truly devastating situations, in which whole packs of cards start falling before anyone can even make houses out of them.

:)

Just ribbing you. Thanks for the great videos!

[jabhatta]

at 4.02, why not rook takes D2, white pawn takes queen to get another queen, white bishop to C6. Seems like a even position and white also get a temp with bishop c6..

[MrDannyg77]

Good stuff. Thanks for the vid.

[MagikoZari]

very nice game

[ttylga]

1. Kasparov

2. Karpov

3. Fischer

4. Capablanca

5. Lasker

[novawildcat89]

wouldn't disagree with that. kasparov vs. fischer in a world chess championship format would be amazing. both are so stubborn.

[oneputtsteven]

@ttylga I couldn't pick amoung Kasparov, Karpov, or Fischer. If anyone I would pick Fischer, not because he's an American but because he and Spassky were the computers before there were computers.

[dragonheadofthewest]

@ttylga thats bull the best player ever was bobby fisher, than comes botvinnik and the karpov and kasparov or kasparov and karpov i dont know...

[dragonheadofthewest]

@ttylga best player ever was fisher, than comes botvinnik, then tal and then karpov and kasparov

[chocochancho]

poor topalov, I think karpov could have saced his queen and anyway would have wined the game,

the advantage is definitively not on the board but on the brain.

[maxmoon2009]

Sad that Karpov v. Fischer never happened.

[joydivided23]

@maxmoon2009 No way Kasparov vs. Fischer would've been even more amazing! Both very aggressive players!

[ramycardo]

darn i comented the same thing sry

[ramycardo]

2 black rooks against 1 white rook and bishop and pawns 06:41 id say black has the advantage

[ramycardo]

its 2 black rooks against 1 white bishop and 1 rook 06:41 id say black has the advantage

[ramycardo]

he says that white would b dominating in this variation but white has only 1 rook and bishop against 2 rooks witch in my opinion black would have a better movement advantage in taking pawns and wining 06:41

[protangist]

At 7:40 in the video

White has a check forking both rooks (move 35. Qc5+ in game)

but cant black play Rd6?

I understand white could threaten 36. Bh5! with 37. Ne4 but atleast Black remains a bit better than dropping the a-file rook

[traviseverett]

36.Ne4 immediately also wins back one exchange and white is still five pawns to the good.

In the game, black didn't "drop" the a-file rook, but rather exchanged it for the knight. Same thing, generally, happens with the suggested 35..Rd6.

[gologram]

Jesus...I laughed all the way I wathced the ending of this game.Great,Great Karpov

[YTM021807]

An extremely important lesson from Karpov!

Reminded me of Capablanca, who was relentless too.

[harshvgaus]

this and fischer v Bryne are my favourite games. even a computer couldn't have defeated karpov that day. he we truly immortal for that one game.

[samirhossain]

Karpov's book "Karpov on Karpov" is an amazing book

[gologram]

Karpov is very great.I have a lot of chess books by such hrandmasters as Pancenko and Sveshnikov and many times did I read them stating Karpov having outstanding abilities.I do wander what Karpov was in the beginning of the 70-ies if being an old man,he devastates a much younger World Championship pretendent Topalov by such a wanderful way.

[gift0fthemagi]

crazy. i need to analyze this further...

[arc3celestion]

Wow, I've never seen Karpov play like this! Perfect line about it looking like Kasparov or Fischer playing the white pieces but it's Karpov. And with such a formidable foe as Topalov -- well, it reminds me of the Roger Ebert line: "Each film is only as good as its villain." Good stuff. Thanks.

[chipdouglas42]

Cool game, thanks.

[The34gl3]

Thank you Kingscrusher! Your videos are excellent! Keep up the good work! I've seen all of your videos and they are very inspiring.

[DamnControl2]

Wow! lots of pawns for the exchange

[OrangeSpam]

Wonderful game! Thank you!